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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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The Board of Directors of WMX Technologies, Inc.
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LOGO
WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
3003 Butterfield Road-Oak Brook, Illinois 60521
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
MAY 12, 1995
You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of stockholders of WMX
Technologies, Inc. which will be held at the Drury Lane Theater, 100 Drury Lane
(Illinois Highway 83 and Roosevelt Road), Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, on
Friday, May 12, 1995, at 2:00 p.m., Central time, for the following purposes:
1. To elect directors.
2. To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the WMX Technologies,
Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan. A copy of the plan is included as Exhibit
A to the accompanying Proxy Statement.
3. To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the WMX Technologies,
Inc. Corporate Incentive Bonus Plan. A copy of the plan is included as
Exhibit B to the accompanying Proxy Statement.
4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 22, 1995 are
entitled to vote at the meeting. A list of such stockholders will be available
for examination by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting,
during normal business hours, at the principal office of the Company, 3003
Butterfield Road, Oak Brook, Illinois, for a period of 10 days prior to the
meeting.
It is important that your shares be represented at the meeting regardless of
the size of your holdings. Whether or not you intend to be present at the
meeting in person, we urge you to mark, date and sign the enclosed proxy and
return it in the envelope provided for that purpose, which does not require
postage if mailed in the United States.
/s/ Herbert A. Getz
Herbert A. Getz
Vice President and Secretary
Oak Brook, Illinois
March 29, 1995
YOU ARE URGED TO MARK, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED
PROXY AND RETURN IT PROMPTLY. THE PROXY IS
REVOCABLE AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ITS USE.
Printed on
recycled paper
LOGO
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WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PROXY STATEMENT
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
MAY 12, 1995
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the
Board of Directors of WMX Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") of proxies for use
at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company to be held at the Drury
Lane Theater, 100 Drury Lane (Illinois Highway 83 and Roosevelt Road), Oakbrook
Terrace, Illinois at 2:00 p.m., Central time, on May 12, 1995, and at any
adjournment or adjournments thereof. Proxies properly executed and returned in
a timely manner will be voted at the meeting in accordance with the directions
noted thereon. If no direction is indicated, they will be voted for the
election, as directors, of the nominees named herein, for the proposals to
approve the WMX Technologies, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan and WMX
Technologies, Inc. Corporate Incentive Bonus Plan (collectively, the "Incentive
Plans") and on other matters presented for a vote in accordance with the
judgment of the persons acting under the proxies. Any stockholder giving a
proxy has the power to revoke it at any time before it is voted, either in
person at the meeting, by written notice to the Secretary of the Company or by
delivery of a later-dated proxy.
Election of each director requires a plurality of the votes of the shares of
the Company's common stock present in person or represented by proxy and
entitled to vote at the meeting. Approval of the proposals to approve the
Incentive Plans requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
such shares actually voted (including abstentions) on the proposals.
Abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as shares present in the
determination of whether the shares of stock represented at the meeting
constitute a quorum. Each is tabulated separately. Abstentions are counted in
tabulations of the votes cast on proposals presented to stockholders, whereas
broker non-votes are not counted for purposes of determining whether a proposal
has been approved. The Board of Directors has adopted a confidential voting
policy whereby any proxy, written consent or ballot submitted to the Company by
a stockholder in connection with the annual meeting will be kept confidential
and not be disclosed to the Company or any of its directors, officers, or
employees except in the event of a contested proxy solicitation or whenever
necessary to meet applicable legal requirements (including asserting or
defending a claim by or against the Company and investigating possible voting
irregularities). The Company's transfer agent may continue to send the Company
any proxy card on which a stockholder has written a comment. The confidential
voting policy also provides that the vote tabulators and inspectors of election
acting at the meeting will be independent.
The Company's executive offices are located at 3003 Butterfield Road, Oak
Brook, Illinois 60521 (telephone 708/572-8800). It is expected that proxy
materials will be mailed to stockholders beginning on or about March 29, 1995.
SHARES OUTSTANDING AND VOTING RIGHTS
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 22, 1995 are
entitled to vote at the annual meeting of stockholders. The only voting stock
of the Company outstanding is its common stock, of which 484,393,478 shares
were outstanding of record as of the close of business on March 22, 1995. Each
share of common stock is entitled to one vote.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Four directors are to be elected at the meeting. The persons named below have
been designated by the Board as nominees for election as Class I directors, for
a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 1998. All of the
nominees are serving as Class I directors as of the date hereof, with the
exception of Dr. Edwards who has been nominated by the Board, upon the
recommendation of the Board's independent Nominating Committee, to fill the
vacancy created in Class I when Mr. Peterson was appointed by the Board to fill
a newly created vacancy in Class II in January 1995.
Unless otherwise instructed, properly executed proxies which are returned in
a timely manner will be voted for election of the four nominees for Class I
directors. If, however, any of such nominees should be unable or should fail to
act as such by virtue of an unexpected occurrence, the proxies will be voted
for such other person or persons as will be determined by the holders of the
proxies in their discretion, or the Board of Directors may make an appropriate
reduction in the number of directors to be elected. The Class II and Class III
directors named below have terms which expire in 1996 and 1997, respectively.
NOMINEES FOR TERMS EXPIRING AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IN 1998 (CLASS I DIRECTORS):
H. Jesse Arnelle, age 61, has been a director of the Company since 1992 and
senior partner of Arnelle, Hastie, McGee, Willis and Greene, a San Francisco-
based corporate law firm, for more than the past ten years. He currently also
serves as Vice Chairman of the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees.
Mr. Arnelle is also a director of Florida Power & Light (FPL Group), Eastman
Chemical Corporation, Textron Corporation, Wells Fargo & Company and Wells
Fargo Bank N.A.
Jerry E. Dempsey, age 62, has served as a director of the Company since 1984,
and since September 1993, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PPG
Industries, Inc., a glass, coatings and chemicals company. From April 1984 to
May 1988, Mr. Dempsey served as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Company. From
May 1988 to June 1993, Mr. Dempsey was Senior Vice President of the Company.
From July 1985 to September 1991, he was also President and Chief Executive
Officer of Chemical Waste Management, Inc., formerly a publicly traded company
and since January 1995, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("CWM"). From
September 1991 to May 1993, Mr. Dempsey served as Chairman of the Board of CWM.
Mr. Dempsey is also a director of Navistar International Corp. and PPG
Industries, Inc.
Dr. James B. Edwards, age 67, has been President of the Medical University of
South Carolina since November 1982. From January 1981 to November 1982, he
served as the United States Secretary of Energy, and previously as Governor of
the State of South Carolina. Dr. Edwards served as a director of CWM from
September 1986 to January 1995. Dr. Edwards is also a director of Phillips
Petroleum Company, SCANA Corporation, Wachovia Bank of South Carolina, N.A.,
South Carolina National Corporation, Imo Industries Inc., Brendle's, Inc.,
Encyclopaedia Britannica and National Data Corporation.
Alexander B. Trowbridge, age 65, has served as a director of the Company
since 1985 and President of Trowbridge Partners, Inc., a consulting services
firm, since January 1990. He was President of the National Association of
Manufacturers, Washington, D.C., from January 1980 to January 1990. Mr.
Trowbridge also served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 1967 and 1968 and as
Vice Chairman of Allied Chemical Corp. from 1976 to 1980. Mr. Trowbridge has
served as a consultant to the Company since 1991. He also serves as a director
of New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., PHH Corp., The Rouse Co., Sun Resorts
International Ltd., Harris Corp., Sun Co. Inc., The Gillette Co., Warburg-
Pincus Counsellors Funds and Icos Corp.
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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IN 1996 (CLASS II
DIRECTORS):
Dr. Pastora San Juan Cafferty, age 54, has served as a Professor since 1985
at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration where
she has been a member of the faculty since 1971. She was elected a director of
the Company in July 1994. Dr. Cafferty also serves as a director of Kimberly-
Clark Corporation and People's Energy Corporation and on the boards of the
Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois, the Rush-
Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, the Lyric Opera Association and the
National Women's Business Council.
Donald F. Flynn, age 55, has served as a director of the Company since 1981
and as Chairman of the Board and President of Flynn Enterprises, Inc., a
financial advisory and venture capital firm, since November 1988. He has also
served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Zone,
Inc., a franchisor and operator of indoor entertainment and fitness facilities
designed for children, since July 1992. Mr. Flynn has also served as a
consultant to the Company from January 1991 to December 1994. Mr. Flynn was a
Senior Vice President of the Company from May 1975 to January 1991. He also
served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer from March 1972 to December
1989 and the Company's Treasurer from May 1979 to December 1986. Mr. Flynn is
also a director of Discovery Zone, Inc., Psychemedics Corporation, Wheelabrator
Technologies, Inc. ("WTI"), which is an approximately 56%-owned subsidiary of
the Company, and Waste Management International plc ("WM International"), which
is a subsidiary owned 56% by the Company and 12% by each of WTI and Rust
International Inc. ("Rust"), which is a subsidiary owned approximately 56% by
CWM and 40% by WTI.
James R. Peterson, age 67, has been a director of the Company since 1980 and
was a director and President and Chief Executive Officer of The Parker Pen
Company from January 1982 to January 1985. The Parker Pen Company was
principally involved in the manufacture and distribution of writing instruments
and in providing temporary help services. Mr. Peterson is also a director of
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.
Phillip B. Rooney, age 50, has served as a director of the Company since 1981
and as its President and Chief Operating Officer since November 1984. Since
January 1994, he has also served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Waste Management, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Mr. Rooney commenced employment with the Company in March 1969 and first became
an officer of the Company in 1971. Since November 1990, he has served as
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of WTI, and since January
1993, as Chairman of the Board of Rust. Mr. Rooney is also a director of
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Caremark International Inc., Urban Shopping Centers,
Inc., ServiceMaster Management Corporation (the general partner of
ServiceMaster Limited Partnership), WTI, Rust and WM International.
DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IN 1997 (CLASS III
DIRECTORS):
Dean L. Buntrock, age 63, has been a director of the Company and has served
as its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1968. From
September 1980 to November 1984, he also served as President of the Company.
From May 1993 to January 1995, Mr. Buntrock served as Chairman of the Board of
CWM, a position he had also held from 1986 to 1991. Mr. Buntrock is also a
director of WTI, WM International, Rust, Boston Chicken, Inc. and First Chicago
Corporation.
Howard H. Baker, Jr., age 69, has served as a director of the Company since
1989 and has been a member of the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman &
Caldwell for more than the past five years. From March 1987 to July 1988, Mr.
Baker held the position of Chief of Staff to the President of the United
States. Mr. Baker served three terms as a member of the United States Senate
from 1967 to 1985. Mr. Baker is also a director of Federal Express Corporation,
Pennzoil Company and United Technologies, Inc.
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Peter H. Huizenga, age 56, has served as a director of the Company since 1968
and President of Huizenga Capital Management, an investment management firm,
since October 1990. He has also been of counsel to the law firm of Hlustik,
Huizenga & Williams for more than the past five years. From January 1, 1989
until December 31, 1993, Mr. Huizenga served as a consultant to the Company.
Mr. Huizenga served as Vice President and Secretary of the Company from May
1975 and September 1968, respectively, until his retirement from those
positions on January 1, 1988.
Peer Pedersen, age 70, has been a director of the Company since 1979 and
Chairman of the Board of the law firm of Pedersen & Houpt, P.C. for more than
the past five years. Mr. Pedersen is also a director of Aon Corporation, Boston
Chicken, Inc. and Discovery Zone, Inc.
SECURITIES OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
OWNERSHIP OF COMPANY COMMON STOCK
The following table sets forth certain information as of February 1, 1995 as
to the beneficial ownership of common stock of the Company by the directors,
the nominee for director, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
and the four other most highly compensated executive officers of the Company as
of December 31, 1994, and by all directors, the nominee for director, and
persons serving as executive officers of the Company as a group:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SHARES PERCENT OF
OF COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK
OF THE COMPANY OF THE
NAME BENEFICIALLY OWNED(1)(2) COMPANY(2)(3)
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<S> <C> <C>
Dean L. Buntrock.................... 3,394,323 *
Phillip B. Rooney................... 1,063,260 *
H. Jesse Arnelle.................... 9,300 *
Howard H. Baker, Jr................. 22,000 *
Pastora San Juan Cafferty........... 3,300 *
Jerry E. Dempsey.................... 644,848 *
James B. Edwards.................... 1,766 *
Donald F. Flynn..................... 595,438 *
Peter H. Huizenga................... 8,132,577 1.7
Peer Pedersen....................... 225,586 *
James R. Peterson................... 84,068 *
Alexander B. Trowbridge............. 20,312 *
James E. Koenig..................... 131,804 *
J. Steven Bergerson................. 234,922 *
Herbert A. Getz..................... 102,864 *
All directors, the nominee for
director and executive officers as
a group including persons named
above (17 persons)................. 14,785,817 3.0
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* Less than 1 percent.
(1) Directors, the nominee for director and executive officers included in the
group have sole voting power and sole investment power over shares listed,
except (i) shares covered by options granted under the Company's stock
option plans which were exercisable within 60 days of February 1, 1995;
(ii) shares held pursuant to the Company's Profit Sharing and Savings Plan;
(iii) Messrs. Edwards, Pedersen, Peterson and Trowbridge, whose shares
listed above include 312, 12,856, 1,668 and 312 shares issuable upon
conversion of the convertible subordinated notes due 2005 of WMX ("WMX
Notes"), respectively; and (iv) Messrs. Bergerson, Buntrock, Dempsey, Getz,
Huizenga, Koenig, Pedersen and Rooney, and all executive officers and
directors as a group
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(including such individuals), who have shared voting and investment power
over 850, 458,161, 263,589, 38,466, 225,144, 36,945, 12,730, 65,568, and
1,102,670 shares, respectively. Such shares shown for Messrs. Buntrock,
Dempsey, Huizenga, Pedersen and Rooney are held in trusts or foundations
over which such individuals share voting and investment power with other co-
trustees or directors of such trusts and foundations. Such shares shown for
Messrs. Bergerson, Getz and Koenig are held jointly with their respective
spouses. Ownership of shares shown for Messrs. Buntrock, Dempsey, Edwards,
Getz, Huizenga and Rooney, and for all executive officers and directors as a
group, includes shares of common stock of the Company not held directly by
them but held by or for the benefit of (i) their spouses or (ii) their minor
children and other children residing with them, as to which they have
neither investment power nor voting power. Shares were held by or for the
benefit of such spouses or children of the following persons and the
executive officers and directors as a group at February 1, 1995, in the
amounts indicated: Mr. Buntrock--41,365 (held by spouse); Mr. Dempsey--1,000
(held by spouse); Dr. Edwards--254 (held by spouse with 104 such shares
issuable upon conversion of WMX Notes); Mr. Getz--240 (held by spouse); Mr.
Huizenga--680,837 (held by spouse directly and as trustee); Mr. Rooney--
107,047 (held directly by adult child and by spouse directly and as trustee
for children); and all executive officers and directors as a group
(including such individuals)--830,822. Additionally, ownership of shares
shown for Mr. Koenig includes 1,200 shares held by him as trustee of a
family trust in which Mr. Koenig has no pecuniary interest. Each of the
above named persons and the members of such group disclaim any beneficial
ownership of such shares.
(2) The numbers and percentages of shares shown in the table above are based on
the assumption that currently outstanding stock options covering shares of
the Company's common stock which were exercisable within 60 days of
February 1, 1995 had been exercised as follows: Mr. Arnelle--9,000; Mr.
Baker--20,000; Mr. Bergerson--85,448; Mr. Buntrock--558,673; Dr. Cafferty--
3,000; Mr. Dempsey--224,828; Mr. Flynn--87,617; Mr. Getz--61,352; Mr.
Koenig--92,231; Mr. Rooney--511,453; Mr. Trowbridge--20,000; and all
executive officers and directors as a group (including such individuals)--
1,786,846. Such persons and the members of such group disclaim any
beneficial ownership of the shares subject to such options.
(3) The Company does not know of any person who, as of February 1, 1995,
directly owned more than five percent of the Company's outstanding common
stock. The Company, however, received a copy of Schedule 13G for the year
ended December 31, 1994 from the person set forth in the following table.
Pursuant to the aggregation and attribution rules relating to the
beneficial ownership of securities promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the person identified below is deemed to
be the beneficial owner of such shares shown because such person is the
parent company of various investment management companies which exercise
discretionary investment management over accounts holding such shares. No
managed account alone owns five percent or more of the Company's common
stock. The information presented in the following table is taken from the
above-referenced Schedule 13G:
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<CAPTION>
TITLE OF NAME AND ADDRESS OF AMOUNT AND NATURE OF PERCENT
CLASS BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF CLASS
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<C> <S> <C> <C>
Common Stock The Capital Group 24,249,070 5.01%
Companies, Inc.
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
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OWNERSHIP OF WTI COMMON STOCK
The following table sets forth certain information as of February 1, 1995 as
to the beneficial ownership of WTI common stock by the directors, the nominee
for director, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and the
four other most highly compensated executive officers of the Company as of
December 31, 1994, and by all directors, the nominee for director, and persons
serving as executive officers of the Company as a group:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF
SHARES OF WTI PERCENT OF
COMMON STOCK WTI
BENEFICIALLY COMMON
NAME OWNED(1)(2)(3) STOCK(2)(3)
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<S> <C> <C>
Dean L. Buntrock................................. 135,000 *
Phillip B. Rooney................................ 374,769 *
H. Jesse Arnelle................................. 0 *
Howard H. Baker, Jr.............................. 0 *
Pastora San Juan Cafferty........................ 0 *
Jerry E. Dempsey................................. 34,336 *
James B. Edwards................................. 0 *
Donald F. Flynn.................................. 45,245 *
Peter H. Huizenga................................ 0 *
Peer Pedersen.................................... 0 *
James R. Peterson................................ 0 *
Alexander B. Trowbridge.......................... 0 *
James E. Koenig.................................. 121,500 *
J. Steven Bergerson.............................. 0 *
Herbert A. Getz.................................. 240,000 *
All directors, the nominee for director and
executive officers as a group including persons
named above (17 persons)........................ 951,050 *
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*Less than 1 percent.
(1) Directors, the nominee for director and executive officers included in the
group have sole voting power and sole investment power over WTI shares
listed, except (i) WTI shares covered by options exercisable within 60 days
of February 1, 1995; (ii) 10,000 WTI shares deemed to be beneficially owned
by each of Messrs. Buntrock, Flynn and Rooney as a result of restricted
units granted pursuant to WTI's Restricted Unit Plan for Non-Employee
Directors; and (iii) Messrs. Dempsey and Koenig, and all executive officers
and directors as a group, who have shared voting and investment power over
24,591, 1,500 and 26,291 WTI shares, respectively. Such shares shown for
Mr. Dempsey are held in a trust over which he shares voting and investment
power, and such shares shown for Mr. Koenig are held jointly with his
spouse. Such persons disclaim any beneficial ownership of the WTI shares
subject to such restricted units.
(2) Excludes an aggregate of 104,621,810 WTI shares beneficially owned by the
Company that may be deemed beneficially owned by Messrs. Buntrock and
Rooney because each such person may be deemed to be an affiliate of the
Company. Each such person disclaims any beneficial ownership of such WTI
shares.
(3) The numbers and percentages of WTI shares shown in the table above are
based on the assumption that currently outstanding stock options covering
WTI shares which were exercisable within 60 days of February 1, 1995 had
been exercised as follows: Mr. Buntrock--33,336; Mr. Getz--240,000; Mr.
Koenig--120,000 and all executive officers and directors as a group
(including such individuals)--393,336. Such persons and the members of such
group disclaim any beneficial ownership of the shares subject to such
options.
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OWNERSHIP OF RUST COMMON STOCK
The following table sets forth certain information as of February 1, 1995 as
to the beneficial ownership of Rust common stock by the directors, the nominee
for director, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and the
four other most highly compensated executive officers of the Company as of
December 31, 1994, and by all directors, the nominee for director, and persons
serving as executive officers of the Company as a group:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SHARES
OF RUST COMMON PERCENT OF
STOCK BENEFICIALLY RUST COMMON
NAME OWNED(1)(2)(3) STOCK(2)(3)
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<S> <C> <C>
Dean L. Buntrock............................ 15,000 *
Phillip B. Rooney........................... 110,005 *
H. Jesse Arnelle............................ 0 *
Howard H. Baker, Jr......................... 0 *
Pastora San Juan Cafferty................... 0 *
Jerry E. Dempsey............................ 0 *
James B. Edwards............................ 0 *
Donald F. Flynn............................. 0 *
Peter H. Huizenga........................... 0 *
Peer Pedersen............................... 0 *
James R. Peterson........................... 0 *
Alexander B. Trowbridge..................... 0 *
James E. Koenig............................. 8,417 *
J. Steven Bergerson......................... 0 *
Herbert A. Getz............................. 13,334 *
All directors, the nominee for director and
executive officers as a group including
persons named above (17 persons)........... 147,156 *
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*Less than 1 percent.
(1) Directors, the nominee for director and executive officers included in the
group have sole voting power and sole investment power over Rust shares
listed, except (i) Rust shares covered by options exercisable within 60
days of February 1, 1995; and (ii) Mr. Koenig, who shares voting and
investment power over 1,750 Rust shares with his spouse, all executive
officers and directors as a group (including Mr. Koenig), who have shared
voting and investment power over 2,150 Rust shares.
(2) Excludes an aggregate of 79,898,091 Rust shares beneficially owned by the
Company that may be deemed beneficially owned by Messrs. Buntrock and
Rooney because each such person may be deemed to be an affiliate of the
Company. Excludes an aggregate of 33,216,060 Rust shares beneficially owned
by WTI that may be deemed beneficially owned by Mr. Koenig because he may
be deemed to be an affiliate of WTI. Each such person disclaims any
beneficial ownership of such Rust shares.
(3) The numbers and percentages of Rust shares shown in the table above are
based on the assumption that currently outstanding stock options covering
Rust shares which were exercisable within 60 days of February 1, 1995 had
been exercised as follows: Mr. Getz--13,334; Mr. Koenig--6,667; Mr.
Rooney--100,005; and all executive officers and directors as a group
(including such individuals)--120,006. Such persons and members of such
group disclaim any beneficial ownership of the shares subject to such
options.
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OWNERSHIP OF WM INTERNATIONAL ORDINARY SHARES
The following table sets forth certain information as of February 1, 1995 as
to the beneficial ownership of WM International ordinary shares (including
ordinary shares represented by American Depositary Shares) by the directors,
the nominee for director, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
and the four other most highly compensated executive officers of the Company as
of December 31, 1994, and by all directors, the nominee for director, and
persons serving as executive officers of the Company as a group:
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<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SHARES
OF WM INTERNATIONAL PERCENT OF
ORDINARY SHARES WM INTERNATIONAL
BENEFICIALLY ORDINARY
NAME OWNED(1)(2)(3) SHARES(2)(3)
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<S> <C> <C>
Dean L. Buntrock....................... 223,200 *
Phillip B. Rooney...................... 220,000 *
H. Jesse Arnelle....................... 0 *
Howard H. Baker, Jr.................... 1,000 *
Pastora San Juan Cafferty.............. 0 *
Jerry E. Dempsey....................... 2,000 *
James B. Edwards....................... 4,000 *
Donald F. Flynn........................ 300,000 *
Peter H. Huizenga...................... 550,000 *
Peer Pedersen.......................... 10,000 *
James R. Peterson...................... 0 *
Alexander B. Trowbridge................ 600 *
James E. Koenig........................ 104,000 *
J. Steven Bergerson.................... 0 *
Herbert A. Getz........................ 40,000 *
All directors, the nominee for director
and executive officers as a group
including persons named above (17
persons).............................. 1,495,800 *
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*Less than 1 percent.
(1) Directors, the nominee for director and executive officers included in the
group have sole voting power and sole investment power over WM
International shares listed, except (i) WM International shares covered by
options exercisable within 60 days of February 1, 1995; and (ii) Messrs.
Koenig and Trowbridge, and all executive officers and directors as a group
(including such individuals), who have shared voting and investment power
over 4,000, 600 and 5,600 WM International shares, respectively. Such WM
International shares shown for Messrs. Koenig and Trowbridge are held
jointly with their respective spouses. Ownership of shares shown for
Messrs. Buntrock, Dempsey and Huizenga includes WM International shares not
held directly by them but held by or for the benefit of their spouses as to
which they have neither investment power nor voting power. WM International
shares were held by or for the benefit of such spouses of the following
persons at February 1, 1995 in the amounts indicated: Mr. Buntrock--3,000;
Mr. Dempsey--2,000; and Mr. Huizenga--30,000. Each of the above named
persons disclaim any beneficial ownership of such shares.
(2) Excludes an aggregate of 300,000,000 WM International shares beneficially
owned by the Company that may be deemed beneficially owned by Messrs.
Buntrock and Rooney because each such person may be deemed to be an
affiliate of the Company. Excludes an aggregate of 90,000,000 WM
International shares beneficially owned by WTI and Rust that may be deemed
beneficially owned by Mr. Koenig because he may be deemed to be an
affiliate of WTI and Rust. Each such person disclaims any beneficial
ownership of such WM International shares.
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(3) The numbers and percentages of WM International shares shown in the table
above are based on the assumption that currently outstanding stock options
covering WM International shares which were exercisable within 60 days of
February 1, 1995 had been exercised as follows: Messrs. Buntrock, Flynn and
Rooney--200,000 each; Mr. Getz--40,000; and Mr. Koenig--100,000; and all
executive officers and directors as a group (including such individuals)--
780,000. Such persons and members of such group disclaim any beneficial
ownership of the shares subject to such options.
MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
The Board of Directors has, pursuant to its powers, designated several
committees of the Board, including a Compensation and Stock Option Committee,
an Audit Committee and a Nominating Committee, the functions and membership of
which are described below. The Board of Directors held an aggregate of seven
regular and special meetings in 1994.
The Compensation and Stock Option Committee is responsible for making
recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding salaries and incentive
bonuses to be paid to executive officers of the Company and for the
administration of the Company's 1982 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "1982
Company Plan"), and the administration of and the grant of options under the
Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan (the "1992 Company Plan" and together with the
1982 Company Plan, the "Employee Plans"). The Audit Committee's functions
include making recommendations to the Board of Directors on the selection of
the Company's auditors, reviewing the arrangements for and scope of the
independent auditors' examination, meeting with the independent auditors, the
Board of Directors and certain officers of the Company to review the adequacy
of internal controls and reporting, and performing any other duties or
functions deemed appropriate by the Board. The Nominating Committee's function
is to identify and propose to the full Board nominees to fill vacancies on the
Board as they occur.
The Compensation and Stock Option Committee currently consists of Messrs.
Pedersen (Chairman), Baker, Peterson and Dr. Cafferty; the Audit Committee
currently consists of Messrs. Peterson (Chairman), Arnelle, Flynn and
Trowbridge; and the Nominating Committee currently consists of Messrs.
Trowbridge (Chairman), Arnelle, Baker, Flynn and Huizenga.
During 1994, the Compensation and Stock Option Committee met five times, the
Audit Committee met four times and the Nominating Committee met three times. In
1994, during the time each director served in such capacity, eight directors
attended 100% of the aggregate of the regular and special meetings of the Board
of Directors and applicable committee meetings, and no director attended less
than 85% of the aggregate of all meetings of the Board of Directors and
applicable committee meetings.
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COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to
compensation for services in all capacities paid by the Company and its
subsidiaries for the past three years to or on behalf of the Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company at December 31, 1994, and each
of the four other most highly compensated executive officers of the Company
serving at December 31, 1994:
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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LONG-TERM
ANNUAL COMPENSATION COMPENSATION
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AWARDS PAYOUTS
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OTHER SECURITIES ALL
ANNUAL UNDERLYING LONG-TERM OTHER
NME AND PRINCIPALA COMPEN- OPTIONS INCENTIVE COMPEN-
POSITION YEAR SALARY BONUS SATION(1) (SHARES)(3) PAYOUTS SATION(4)
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Dean L. Buntrock, 1994 $1,400,000 $1,120,000 $77,420(2) 158,640 $ 0 $ 500
Chairman and Chief 1993 1,400,000 0 78,702(2) 122,449 0 5,217
Executive Officer 1992 1,100,000 550,000 79,854(2) 150,999 0 9,522
Phillip B. Rooney, 1994 1,000,000 1,029,280 -- 113,314 0 500
President and Chief 1993 1,000,000 0 -- 87,464 97,800(5) 5,217
Operating Officer 1992 900,000 382,500 -- 123,545 880,200(5) 9,522
James E. Koenig, 1994 500,000 250,000 -- 42,493 0 500
Senior Vice 1993 500,000 0 -- 32,799 25,808(5) 5,217
President and Chief 1992 440,300 161,500 -- 47,258 232,275(5) 9,522
Financial Officer
J. Steven Bergerson, 1994 345,000 172,500 -- 29,320 0 500
Senior Vice 1993 345,000 0 -- 22,631 0 5,217
President 1992 312,500 115,500 -- 32,360 0 9,522
Herbert A. Getz 1994 330,000 172,500 -- 24,221 0 500
Vice President, 1993 285,000 0 -- 18,695 14,398(5) 5,217
General Counsel and 1992 260,000 56,310 -- 17,291 129,585(5) 9,522
Secretary
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(1) Excludes perquisites and other benefits, unless the aggregate amount of
such compensation is at least the lesser of either $50,000 or 10 percent of
the total annual salary and bonus reported for the named executive officer.
(2) Includes financial planning expenses of $68,000 paid by the Company on
behalf of the named executive officer in 1993 and 1994 and $62,000 in 1992.
(3) The numbers shown in the table above represent options for the purchase of
shares of the Company's common stock granted to the named persons under the
Employee Plans. The named officers also serve as directors or executive
officers of direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company. Accordingly,
during 1993, Messrs. Rooney, Koenig and Getz also received options for
150,000, 20,000 and 20,000 Rust shares, respectively. During 1992, Mr.
Buntrock also received options for 213,098 CWM shares and 200,000 WM
International ordinary shares; Mr. Rooney also received options for 174,352
CWM shares and 200,000 WM International ordinary shares; Mr. Koenig also
received options for 63,876 CWM shares, 200,000 WM International ordinary
shares and 12,500 Rust shares; and Mr. Getz also received options for
40,000 WM International ordinary shares. In each case, the options were
granted under a plan adopted by the relevant subsidiary.
(4) Amounts of All Other Compensation are amounts contributed by the Company
for fiscal years 1992, 1993 and 1994 under the Company's Profit Sharing and
Savings Plan for the persons named above.
(5) Paid pursuant to WTI's Performance Unit Plan, a long term incentive plan
covering the two-year period ended December 31, 1992.
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STOCK OPTIONS
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to stock
options granted to the persons named in the Summary Compensation Table during
the year ended December 31, 1994. No options were granted to the persons named
in the Summary Compensation Table during the year ended December 31, 1994 by
CWM, Rust, WTI or WM International.
COMPANY OPTION GRANTS IN 1994
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POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE
AT ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES OF
STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS FOR OPTION TERM(4)
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PERCENTAGE
OF TOTAL
NUMBER OF COMPANY
SECURITIES OPTIONS
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO
OPTIONS EMPLOYEES EXERCISE PRICE EXPIRATION
NAME GRANTED(1)(2) IN 1994 (PER SHARE) DATE(3) 0% 5% 10%
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Dean L. Buntrock 158,640 4.25 $26.475 01/03/04 $ 0 $ 2,641,354 $ 6,693,709
Phillip B. Rooney 113,314 3.04 26.475 01/03/04 0 1,886,676 4,781,208
James E. Koenig 42,493 1.14 26.475 01/03/04 0 707,508 1,792,964
J. Steven Bergerson 29,320 0.79 26.475 01/03/04 0 488,178 1,237,138
Herbert A. Getz 24,221 0.65 26.475 01/03/04 0 403,279 1,021,989
All Stockholders
as a group(5) -- -- 26.475 01/03/04 0 8,049,484,400 20,398,973,889
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(1) The option holder has the right to pay the exercise price by delivering
previously acquired shares of the Company's common stock, and to have
shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding requirements in connection with
the exercise of options. Such options become immediately exercisable upon a
Change in Control of the Company, as defined in the option plan. Options
are non-transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution.
(2) Options become exercisable in three equal cumulative annual installments
commencing January 3, 1995.
(3) Options have a term of ten years, subject to earlier termination in certain
events related to termination of employment. In March 1994, the term of the
options shown above was extended from seven to ten years.
(4) The amounts under the columns labeled "5%" and "10%" are included by the
Company pursuant to certain rules promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission and are not intended to forecast future appreciation,
if any, in the price of the Company's stock. Such amounts are based on the
assumption that the named persons hold the options granted for their full
term. The actual value of the options will vary in accordance with the
market price of the Company's common stock. The column headed "0%" is
included to demonstrate that the options were granted at fair market value
and optionees will not recognize any gain without an increase in the stock
price, which increase benefits all stockholders commensurately.
(5) Based upon the price of the Company's stock and the total shares
outstanding as of the date of grant, if the price of the Company's common
stock increased at the 5% or 10% rates shown in the table above,
stockholders as a group would realize aggregate gains (excluding dividends)
of $8,049,484,400 and $20,398,973,889, respectively, during the period from
grant date to the January 3, 2004 option expiration date.
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The following table sets forth certain information as to each exercise of
stock options during the year ended December 31, 1994 by the persons named in
the Summary Compensation Table and the fiscal year-end value of unexercised
options:
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN 1994 AND 1994 YEAR-END OPTION VALUE
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NUMBER OF SECURITIES
UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED VALUE OF UNEXERCISED IN-
SHARES OPTIONS AT THE-MONEY OPTIONS AT
ACQUIRED DECEMBER 31, 1994 DECEMBER 31, 1994(1)
ON VALUE ------------------------- -------------------------
NAME EXERCISE REALIZED EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
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Dean L. Buntrock
Company Options....... -- -- 296,532 309,817 $ 0 $ 0
CWM Options........... -- -- 358,372 92,727 0 0
WTI Options........... -- -- 33,336 0 194,912 0
WM International
Options.............. -- -- 133,334 66,666 0 0
Phillip B. Rooney
Company Options....... -- -- 223,311 228,523 0 0
CWM Options........... -- -- 529,265 75,868 0 0
Rust Options.......... -- -- 50,010 99,990 0 0
WM International
Options.............. -- -- 133,334 66,666 0 0
James E. Koenig
Company Options....... -- -- 56,216 64,412 97,307 0
CWM Options........... -- -- 47,422 15,329 14,029 0
WTI Options........... -- -- 120,000 0 701,628 0
Rust Options.......... -- -- 3,334 6,666 0 0
WM International
Options.............. -- -- 66,667 33,333 0 0
J. Steven Bergerson
Company Options....... -- -- 62,748 59,515 48,694 0
Herbert A. Getz
Company Options....... -- -- 54,922 44,761 141,133 0
WTI Options........... -- -- 240,000 0 1,403,256 0
Rust Options.......... -- -- 6,668 13,332 0 0
WM International
Options.............. -- -- 26,668 13,332 0 0
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(1) Market value less exercise price, before payment of applicable income
taxes.
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AWARDS
The following table sets forth certain information as to awards under the WMX
Technologies, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") with respect to the
year ended December 31, 1994 to the persons named in the Summary Compensation
Table:
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PERFORMANCE ESTIMATED FUTURE PAYOUTS
NUMBER OF OR OTHER UNDER NON-
SHARES, UNITS PERIOD UNTIL STOCK PRICE BASED PLANS(3)
OR OTHER MATURATION -----------------------------
NAME RIGHTS(1) OR PAYOUT(2) THRESHOLD TARGET MAXIMUM
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Dean L. Buntrock...... -- 3 years $700,000 $700,000 $2,100,000
Phillip B. Rooney..... -- 3 years 500,000 500,000 1,500,000
James E. Koenig....... -- 3 years 200,000 200,000 600,000
J. Steven Bergerson... -- 3 years 138,000 138,000 414,000
Herbert A. Getz....... -- 3 years 132,000 132,000 396,000
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(1) Awards consist of the designation of target percentages of annual salary at
the end of the performance period to be paid if the Company achieves
certain performance objectives. No
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payout occurs unless the Company achieves certain threshold performance
objectives. Above the threshold, payouts will be greater than the target
percentage to the extent that the Company's performance exceeds the target
objectives specified in the plan. Payouts under the LTIP are based on the
rank of the Company's total stockholder return (stock price appreciation
plus reinvested dividends) among the total stockholder returns of the
companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the
performance period.
(2) The performance period includes calendar years 1994, 1995 and 1996.
(3) At the end of the performance period, an amount equal to 50% of the
performance award, if any, is to be paid in cash, and the remaining 50% is
to be deemed to be invested in common stock of the Company. The participant
is entitled to receive the value of such deemed investment on the date
three years after the end of the performance period; provided that the
participant is an officer of the Company or one of its subsidiaries on that
date. Estimated future payouts were calculated using 1994 salaries, assume
that a performance award will be earned at the levels shown, and do not
reflect any possible subsequent increase or decrease in the value of the
portion of the award which would be required to be deferred under the terms
of the LTIP.
PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLANS
The following table sets forth estimated annual benefits payable upon
retirement under the Company's Pension Plan and its Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan ("SERP") to employees of the Company in specified remuneration
and years of service classifications. For purposes of the following table, it
is assumed that the five executive officers named in the cash compensation
table are eligible for the SERP benefits and that each such officer's
annualized Final Average Compensation (as defined below) will be equal to his
average annual compensation for the three years ended December 31, 1994.
PENSION PLAN TABLE
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YEARS OF SERVICE(2)(3)
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REMUNERATION(1) 15 20 25 30 35 40
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 400,000......... $ 90,000 $120,000 $150,000 $180,000 $ 210,000 $ 240,000
500,000......... 112,500 150,000 187,500 225,000 262,500 300,000
600,000......... 135,000 180,000 225,000 270,000 315,000 360,000
700,000......... 157,500 210,000 262,500 315,000 367,500 420,000
800,000......... 180,000 240,000 300,000 360,000 420,000 480,000
900,000......... 202,500 270,000 337,500 405,000 472,500 540,000
1,000,000......... 225,000 300,000 375,000 450,000 525,000 600,000
1,100,000......... 247,500 330,000 412,500 495,000 577,500 660,000
1,200,000......... 270,000 360,000 450,000 540,000 630,000 720,000
1,300,000......... 292,500 390,000 487,500 585,000 682,500 780,000
1,400,000......... 315,000 420,000 525,000 630,000 735,000 840,000
1,500,000......... 337,500 450,000 562,500 675,000 787,500 900,000
1,600,000......... 360,000 480,000 600,000 720,000 840,000 960,000
1,700,000......... 382,500 510,000 637,500 765,000 892,500 1,020,000
1,800,000......... 405,000 540,000 675,000 810,000 945,000 1,080,000
1,900,000......... 427,500 570,000 712,500 855,000 997,500 1,140,000
2,000,000......... 450,000 600,000 750,000 900,000 1,050,000 1,200,000
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(1) Upon normal retirement at age 65 or after completing five years of
participation in the Company's Pension Plan, whichever is later, a
participant is entitled to a pension based on the average of the
participant's eligible compensation for the highest five consecutive years
out of his or her last 10 years of service. For this purpose, a
participant's eligible compensation
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generally includes all of his or her cash compensation, subject, in 1994, to
the statutory maximum of $150,000. The annual lifetime benefit is equal to
(i) 1% of average eligible compensation, multiplied by (ii) the number of
his or her years of service, and, for a participant retiring at age 65 with
10 years of service, may not be less than $100 per month. Under the SERP,
eligible participants who retire following age 60, or retire with at least
30 years of service, are entitled to a monthly benefit equal to (i) 1.5% of
the participant's Final Average Compensation per year of service (Final
Average Compensation is the monthly average compensation of such participant
for the highest three consecutive calendar years out of his or her last 10
calendar years of service), reduced by (ii) the amount of such participant's
monthly benefit under the Pension Plan. Compensation used for calculating
benefits under the SERP includes only the participant's salary and annual
incentive bonus. Eligible participants are those officers who have served in
such capacities for at least 10 years at the time of retirement. Payment of
benefits under the SERP is made on the same basis as payments under the
Pension Plan, and both plans provide for reduced payouts in the event of
early retirement.
(2) At December 31, 1994, the credited years of service for Messrs. Buntrock,
Rooney, Koenig, Bergerson and Getz were 39, 26, 18, 22 and 12,
respectively.
(3) Benefits shown are computed on a straight-life annuity basis at normal
retirement age. Provision is made for payment of pensions in joint and
survivor form and in various other forms and at other times, on an
actuarially equivalent basis. Benefits are not subject to reduction for
social security benefits.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Each member of the Board of Directors of the Company who is not an employee
or former officer of the Company currently being compensated by the Company
under a consulting agreement is paid an annual fee of $45,000. Such directors
also receive $1,000 for each meeting they attend of each Committee of the Board
of which such directors are members. The Company maintains a major medical
expense insurance policy which is available to all directors of the Company.
The policy covers the medical and dental expenses of the directors in excess of
the coverage provided by the director's primary health insurance program.
The Company entered into a consulting agreement which terminated on December
31, 1994 and a supplemental retirement benefit agreement with Donald F. Flynn,
who is a director of the Company and until January 1, 1991 was a Senior Vice
President of the Company. Under the consulting agreement, Mr. Flynn was paid an
annual fee of $300,000 for calendar year 1994. Benefits commenced under the
supplemental retirement benefit agreement upon the termination of the
consulting agreement. Payments of such benefits are to be made monthly for the
remainder of Mr. Flynn's life. The monthly amount of such benefits are equal to
(i) 1.5% of Mr. Flynn's average monthly compensation for the three consecutive
calendar years in which his aggregate salary and bonus was the highest out of
his last ten calendar years of service reduced by (ii) the amount of the
monthly benefit he receives under the Pension Plan.
OUTSIDE DIRECTORS' PLANS
The Company has two unfunded deferred compensation plans for non-employee
members of its Board of Directors. Under the Deferred Directors' Fee Plan, such
directors may make an irrevocable election to defer receipt of all or a portion
of the directors' fees payable to them until termination of their membership on
the Board of Directors. Such deferred amounts are deemed to be invested in the
Company's common stock or, at the election of the director, in the common stock
of any of the Company's majority-owned public subsidiaries, and during the
period of deferral, such deferred amounts are credited with the dividends or
stock splits that would be received had such investment actually been made.
Upon termination of the director's service, the common stock deemed reflected
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by his or her deferred account is deemed to be sold, and the deemed proceeds of
such sale (or an amount equal to the amount originally deferred, if greater)
will be distributed to the director in cash, in a lump sum or installments.
Under a similar plan maintained by WTI, Mr. Buntrock has deferred fees for
services rendered as a director of WTI prior to the Company's acquisition of a
majority interest of WTI in September 1990.
Under the Directors' Phantom Stock Plan, certain non-employee directors
received a one-time grant of 5,000 Phantom Shares at the time of adoption of
such plan or at the time they first became directors. Each of such Phantom
Shares was initially deemed to be equal in value to one share of the Company's
common stock at the time of award. Phantom Shares are credited to a bookkeeping
account which is adjusted to reflect stock (but not cash) dividends or stock
splits which would be received with respect to an equivalent number of shares
of the Company's common stock. Upon termination of the director's service, the
director is paid an amount in cash, in a lump sum or installments, for each
Phantom Share then credited to his or her account, equal to the then difference
between the market price of the Company's common stock at the time of award and
the average closing prices of one share of the Company's common stock on the
New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape for the most recent 10 consecutive
trading days immediately preceding such termination. In 1991, the Company's
Board of Directors terminated its authority to make additional grants under the
Directors' Phantom Stock Plan.
STOCK OPTION PLANS FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
The 1992 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the "Directors Plan")
of the Company provides for the awards of options covering an aggregate of
150,000 shares of the Company's common stock. Each director of the Company who
is neither an officer nor full-time employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, upon election or appointment to the Board of Directors, is
granted an option to purchase a total of 15,000 shares of the Company's common
stock at the fair market value of the stock at the time of grant. All options
under the Directors Plan are for a term of 10 years from the date of grant and
become exercisable with respect to 20% of the total number of shares subject to
the option six months after the date of grant and with respect to an additional
20% at the end of each 12-month period thereafter on a cumulative basis during
the succeeding four years.
Under the Directors Plan, in the event that the Company's shares of common
stock are changed by a stock dividend, split or combination of shares, or a
merger, consolidation or reorganization with another company in which holders
of the Company's common stock receive other securities, or any other relevant
change in the capitalization of the Company, a proportionate or equitable
adjustment will be made in the number or kind of shares subject to unexercised
options or available for options and in the purchase price for shares. If an
option expires or is terminated or cancelled unexercised as to any shares, such
released shares may again be optioned (including a grant in substitution for a
cancelled option). Shares subject to options may be made available from
unissued or reacquired shares of common stock.
Options are not transferable by the optionee otherwise than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution. Options terminate if the optionee ceases to
be a director of the Company for any reason other than death, permanent
disability, resignation or retirement. In the event of termination of
employment because of death or permanent disability, the optionee or his heirs,
legatees or legal representative may exercise the option in full at any time
during its term within three months after the date of termination. In the event
of resignation or retirement, an option may be exercised by the optionee (or if
he dies within three months after such termination, by his heirs, legatees or
legal representative) at any time during its specified term prior to three
months after the date of such resignation or retirement, but only to the extent
it was exercisable at the date of such resignation or retirement.
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Prior to January 1, 1992, upon election to the Board of Directors non-
employee directors received options for 10,000 shares under the Company's 1981
Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the "1981 Plan"), the terms of
which are substantially similar to the Directors Plan. No person who is the
holder of an option granted under the 1981 Plan or the Employee Plans or who
has purchased shares upon the exercise of such an option is eligible for a
grant of options under the Directors Plan.
DIRECTORS' CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
The Company maintains the Directors' Charitable Endowment Program pursuant to
which the Company has purchased life insurance policies on members of the Board
of Directors. Under the program, death benefits will be paid to the Company,
and the Company in turn will donate such death benefits (up to $100,000 for
each year of service on the Company's Board of Directors, subject to a
$1,000,000 limit) to one or more charitable organizations recommended by the
director. Directors derive no financial benefit from this program because all
charitable deductions accrue solely to the Company.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Company's Board of
Directors consisted during 1994 of Messrs. Pedersen (Chairman), Baker, Peterson
and Dr. Cafferty. Mr. Pedersen is Chairman of the Board of the law firm of
Pedersen & Houpt, P. C. Mr. Baker is a member of the law firm of Baker,
Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. The Company has utilized, and currently
anticipates that it may continue to utilize, the services of such firms. In
1994, Mr. Buntrock served on the Compensation Committees of the Boards of
Directors of CWM, WTI and Rust. Mr. Rooney, who is an executive officer of WTI
and Rust, serves as a director of the Company.
In accordance with rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the information included under the captions "Report of the
Compensation and Stock Option Committee" and "Company Stock
Performance" will not be deemed to be filed or to be proxy soliciting
material or incorporated by reference in any prior or future filings by
the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION AND STOCK OPTION COMMITTEE
The compensation of the Company's executive officers is determined by the
Compensation and Stock Option Committee (the "Compensation Committee") of the
Board of Directors. Each member of the Compensation Committee is a director who
is not an employee of the Company or any of its affiliates.
GENERAL POLICIES
The Company's compensation programs are intended to enable the Company to
attract, motivate, reward and retain the management talent required to achieve
aggressive corporate objectives in a rapidly changing and technology-based
industry, and thereby increase stockholder value. The Company's policy is to
provide incentives to its senior management to achieve both short-term and
long-term objectives and to reward exceptional leadership, performance and
contributions to the development of the Company's business. To attain these
objectives, the Company's executive compensation program includes a base
salary, coupled with a substantial incentive component (approximately one-half
to two-thirds of total targeted compensation) which is "at risk" based on the
performance of the Company's business, in substantial part as reflected in the
achievement of pre-
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determined financial or other performance goals. The Company's policy also is
that as an executive officer's level of management responsibility in the
Company increases, a greater portion of his or her potential total compensation
depends upon the Company's performance as measured by objective standards over
one or more years.
Many of the Company's employees, including its executive officers, also are
eligible to be granted stock options periodically in order to more directly
align their interests with the long-term financial interests of the Company's
stockholders. In addition, most Company employees, including its executive
officers, participate in a profit-sharing program. Pursuant to the profit-
sharing program, the Company makes annual contributions to a trust for the
benefit of participating employees, of up to 2% of their compensation, in
proportion to increases in the Company's pre-tax income over the previous year.
In assessing the competitiveness of the overall compensation and individual
compensation components of the Company's executive officers, the Compensation
Committee considers data from a variety of surveys of and comparisons to other
companies. As to the Company's most senior executive officers, the Compensation
Committee reviews primarily compensation data for a group of comparator
companies compiled with the assistance of the Company's independent
compensation consultant (the "Comparator Companies"). While the Comparator
Companies include several which also are included in the waste industry index
shown in the performance graph included elsewhere in this proxy statement, they
were selected primarily because their size (between $6 and $10 billion in
annual revenue) and operating and financial characteristics make it likely that
they will compete for the services of executives who have experience and skills
similar to those which the Company requires. For several executive officers
(not including the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or
President), the Compensation Committee did not believe that sufficient
information was publicly available as to the Comparator Companies for
comparison to such officer's positions. Accordingly, in making compensation
comparisons as to such officers, the Compensation Committee also reviewed
published survey data provided by the Company's compensation consultant.
References in this report to the Comparator Companies include such survey data
furnished by the Company's compensation consultant.
In making its decisions on 1994 compensation, the Compensation Committee did
not target officer base salaries or total compensation at any specific point in
the range of salaries or the total compensation paid by the Comparator
Companies. However, the Compensation Committee believed that base salaries to
be paid in 1994 to the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the
President were, reflecting their substantial industry experience, long tenure
in their positions and the size of the Company, generally at the higher end of
the range to be paid by the Comparator Companies, while 1994 salaries to be
paid to its other executive officers were expected to vary both above and below
the expected median ranges of the salaries of the Comparator Companies'
officers.
Under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, compensation paid to
certain executive officers of the Company in excess of $1 million in 1994 and
subsequent years may be non-deductible for federal income tax purposes unless
the compensation qualifies as "performance-based" compensation or is otherwise
exempt under the law and proposed Internal Revenue Service regulations, as
modified. The Compensation Committee has recommended that the Company should
seek to have its executive officer incentive compensation qualify as
"performance-based" compensation so as to attempt to preserve its deductibility
for federal income tax purposes. For this purpose, approval by the Company's
stockholders of the WMX Technologies, Inc. Corporate Incentive Bonus Plan and
the WMX Technologies, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Long Term Plan") is
being sought pursuant to this Proxy Statement. See "Approval of Plans" herein.
The Company does not believe that further action in this regard is needed at
this time as to the WMX Technologies, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan, as amended
(the "1992 Plan"). This tax law and the
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regulations pertaining thereto are subject to substantial uncertainties and
there can be no assurance that compensation paid under such plans will continue
to be deductible for federal income tax purposes. The Compensation Committee
may also determine in any year in light of all applicable circumstances that it
would be in the best interests of the Company for awards to be paid under such
plans or otherwise in a manner that would not satisfy the requirements of such
tax law and regulations for deductibility.
COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS GENERALLY
1993 COMPANY PERFORMANCE
In the process of determining 1994 compensation for the Company's executive
officers, the Compensation Committee considered a number of factors related to
the Company's overall 1993 corporate performance. The Compensation Committee
was aware that 1993 net income for the Company had declined from $1.72 per
share in 1992 to $.93, primarily as a result of a special charge which
reflected the strategic reconfiguration of the Company's Chemical Waste
Management, Inc. ("CWM") subsidiary. Even after the exclusion of all special
charges, gains and accounting rule changes for 1992 and 1993, earnings per
share were down $.15 from the 1992 level.
The Compensation Committee was of the view that these results were not
entirely within the control of the Company's management. In this regard, the
Compensation Committee took note of several external factors that adversely
affected the Company's results despite management's efforts to improve them:
the adverse industry conditions that faced CWM, including the uncertain federal
regulatory climate, the effects of the then-sluggish economy on CWM's
customers, and overcapacity in the commercial incineration market; the
lingering effect of the economic recession on the Company's solid waste and
Rust International Inc. operations, both domestically and abroad; accelerating
movements toward waste minimization and diversion from landfilling; adverse
movement in certain foreign currency exchange rates; and higher corporate tax
rates for 1993.
The Compensation Committee also believed that certain other performance
measures reflected favorably on the performance of the Company's executive
officers. Overall Company revenue continued to increase, rising by almost 5.5%,
with solid waste operations revenues up approximately 9.1% in 1993 over 1992.
The Compensation Committee also viewed as an accomplishment of the Company's
management that the Company's operating margin (before the special charge
relating to CWM) declined only slightly in 1993 despite the pricing pressures
faced by the Company in most of its markets, some continuing costs of having
expanded the marketing function of the Company's domestic solid waste
operations in 1992 and costs incurred in 1993 in restructuring those
operations.
SALARY
The Compensation Committee annually establishes, subject to the approval of
the Board of Directors, the base salaries which will be paid to the Company's
executive officers during the coming year. In setting salaries, the
Compensation Committee generally takes into account a number of factors,
including the Company's results of operations and other Company performance
measures, competitive compensation data, comparisons of salaries and
responsibilities among the Company's executive officers, the extent to which an
individual may participate in the incentive compensation plans maintained by
the Company and its affiliates, and qualitative factors bearing on an
individual's experience, responsibilities, management and leadership abilities
and job performance. The Compensation Committee does not generally expressly
assign greater weight to any one or more such factors than to others.
In light of these considerations and those discussed above under "1993
Company Performance," as well as the recommendation of the Company's Chairman
that there be no base compensation
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increase for the Company's officers generally, the Compensation Committee did
not grant base compensation increases to the Company's executive officers for
1994, with the exception of one officer whose base compensation was found to be
substantially below the median base salary level for his position at the
Comparator Companies.
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLANS
The Compensation Committee also administers the terms of the Company's
incentive compensation plans in which the executive officers participate. In
doing so, the Compensation Committee considers the Company's results of
operations and other Company performance measures and management's plans for
the Company's growth and profitability and achievement of strategic goals,
determines the corporate performance criteria to be used for the determination
of incentive compensation awards, and fixes the levels of target and maximum
awards for participants and the minimum level of attainment of performance
objectives necessary for awards to be made under each incentive compensation
plan. The Company has typically had in effect at any one time both an annual
and multi-year incentive compensation plan, as well as a stock option plan.
Annual Plan
For 1994, each of the Company's executive officers was a named participant in
the Company's Corporate Incentive Bonus Plan for that year (the "Annual Plan").
Under the Annual Plan, target awards for such officers ranging from 30% to 80%
of the participant's salary at year end were payable depending upon the extent
to which the Company achieved its budgeted earnings per share or a business
unit or subsidiary of the Company achieved its budgeted earnings per share or
pre-tax income. The Compensation Committee was authorized to select one or a
combination of such performance criteria to apply to each executive officer.
The maximum incentive bonus in each case was set at an amount equal to twice
the amount of a participant's target bonus. The Annual Plan also provided that
no payment under the Annual Plan was to be made to Messrs. Buntrock or Rooney
if the Committee determined that he had not furthered the implementation of the
Company's environmental principles.
The Annual Plan target awards for 1994 were increased from the target awards
for 1993 and prior years. The amounts of the increases in the target awards
ranged from five to 30 percentage points over the 1993 target awards. The
Compensation Committee found that the proportion of the Company's executive
officers' total compensation constituting incentive compensation was below the
median in relation to the Comparator Companies for all of the Company's
executive officers. The higher Annual Plan target awards were also made in
light of the absence, as noted above, of salary increases for the Company's
executive officers generally.
Except in the case of Mr. Rooney, whose Annual Plan participation for 1994
was based on the performance of several business units for which he has
substantial management responsibility, the level of attainment of the Company's
budgeted earnings per share was selected as the Annual Plan performance
criterion for 1994. The bonuses actually paid by the Company for 1994 are set
forth in the "Summary Compensation Table" above.
Long Term Plan
In 1993, the Compensation Committee approved and the Board of Directors
adopted the Long Term Plan. Under the Long Term Plan, the Compensation
Committee determines participants' target awards as a percentage of the
participant's salary at the end of each performance period, which normally
lasts for three years. The target award would be payable depending on the
Company's total return to stockholders compared to that of the 30 companies
comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the "DJIA") during the performance
period. Total return to stockholders is defined for this
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purpose as the sum of price appreciation plus reinvested dividends over the
performance period, divided by the share price at the beginning of the period.
Under the Long Term Plan, participants will be paid target awards if the
Company's total stockholder return places it at a percentile ranking selected
by the Compensation Committee in relation to the DJIA companies. The percentage
of the target awards to be paid will vary upwards to 300% of the target award
if the Company's total stockholder return places it at a higher percentile
ranking in relation to the DJIA companies and downwards to 100% of the target
award if the Company's total stockholder return places it at a specified
minimum ranking. If the Company's total stockholder return places it below the
specified minimum ranking in relation to the DJIA companies, then no award is
to be paid for the relevant performance period.
The Long Term Incentive Plan also mandates that the payment of one-half of
any award otherwise payable at the end of a performance period be deferred for
an additional three-year period. During the deferral period, such amount is to
be deemed invested in shares of the Company, subject to increase or decrease in
value over the deferral period. The purpose of the deferral is to provide an
additional incentive to officers, who forfeit deferred amounts if they leave
the Company during the deferral period, to remain with the Company and an
additional linkage between compensation and long term Company performance.
Payments, if any, are to be made under the Long Term Plan only following the
end of each performance period. The first performance period extends from 1993
through 1995 and the second extends from 1994 through 1996. The Compensation
Committee intends to name, on an annual basis, certain of the Company's
executive officers as participants in the Long Term Plan for successive three-
year performance periods ending on December 31, 1997 and subsequent years. No
payments have been made to date under the Long Term Plan.
The Long Term Plan replaced the Company's 1991 Performance Unit Plan under
which payout was to have been based on the growth of the Company's earnings per
share over the two-year period ended December 31, 1993. No payments were or
will be made under the 1991 Performance Unit Plan.
Stock Options
Stock options are granted to key employees, including the Company's executive
officers, by the Compensation Committee under the 1992 Plan, and by a
management committee to all other eligible employees under the Company's 1990
ServiceShares Stock Option Plan. Among the Company's executive officers, the
number of shares subject to options granted to each individual generally
depends upon his or her base salary and the level of that officer's management
responsibility. The largest grants are awarded to the most senior officers who,
in the view of the Compensation Committee, have the greatest potential impact
on the Company's profitability and growth. These officers typically receive
grants each year determined by dividing percentages of the officers' salaries,
which percentages range from 150% to 300%, by the market price of the Company's
stock at the time of grant. The Compensation Committee generally intends stock
option grants to constitute approximately one-half of the officers' total
targeted "at risk" compensation. All options under the 1992 Plan are non-
qualified stock options which are granted at an exercise price equal to 100% of
fair market value on the date of grant. These options typically have a term of
ten years and become exercisable in cumulative increments of one-third of the
total number of shares subject to the option during each of the first three
years of the option term.
Executive officers of the Company who serve as directors or executive
officers of WTI, WM International or Rust, all of which are subsidiaries of the
Company, are also eligible to participate in stock option plans maintained by
those companies. During 1994, none of the Company's executive officers received
grants of stock options under such stock option plans. In making stock option
grants to the Company's executive officers, the Compensation Committee
considers prior grants made to them under both the Company's plan and
subsidiaries' plans.
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Unlike the common practice among companies of granting ten-year options, the
Company's practice prior to 1994 has typically been to grant options having a
term of seven years. In 1994, in light of the ten-year term commonly used by
companies and because the market price of shares of the Company's stock had
fallen below the option exercise price for options granted in the several
preceding years, the Compensation Committee reconsidered the term for Company
stock options to ensure that they fulfill as effectively as intended their
purpose of incentivizing the option recipients and inducing them to remain with
the Company. As a result, the Compensation Committee in 1994 extended the
expiration date for options granted in such years to ten years from the grant
date in order to comport with the common practice and to enhance the incentive
and retentive effects of such options.
COMPENSATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
In considering the compensation for 1994 of Dean L. Buntrock, the Company's
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee evaluated the
Company's 1993 results, as discussed above under "1993 Company Performance," in
addition to the factors discussed below as to several components of his
compensation. Based on the Comparator Company data presented to it, the
Compensation Committee believed that if the target awards described below under
the Company's incentive compensation plans were to be achieved, the total
compensation of the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for 1994
would be below the 75th percentile of the range of total compensation paid to
Comparator Company chief executive officers.
SALARY
In determining the 1994 base compensation of Mr. Buntrock, the Compensation
Committee made particular note of several considerations, which are presented
below.
The Compensation Committee reviewed a number of the Company's significant
accomplishments achieved in 1993 under the overall leadership of Mr. Buntrock.
First, substantial performance improvement measures were implemented and began
to have an impact in the Company's domestic solid waste operations, including
placing Mr. Rooney in charge of those operations overall, aggressive
augmentation of those operations' marketing activities and landfill volume
internalization rate and turning around or shedding under-performing units.
Second, Waste Management International plc successfully reorganized its
corporate management structure along operational lines, improved the efficiency
of its country management organizations, implemented showcase waste disposal
operations in Hong Kong, began to move into a number of other key far eastern
markets, and surmounted a very difficult operating environment in Italy. Third,
CWM underwent difficult restructuring decisions in order to better position
itself for competing in the adverse conditions facing its industry. Fourth, the
Company continued successfully to implement systems and programs for promoting
its environmental principles.
The Compensation Committee also considered the data furnished by the
Company's compensation consultant concerning Mr. Buntrock's compensation
relative to that of the chief executive officers of the Comparator Companies.
The report concluded that Mr. Buntrock's proposed 1994 salary would be within
the bounds of reasonableness for a company targeting salary at a median level.
Finally, the Compensation Committee took note that Mr. Buntrock had
requested, in light of the Company's 1993 results, that he not be granted a
base compensation increase for 1994. The Compensation Committee believed that
Mr. Buntrock had made major personal contributions to the Company in 1993 that
laid the foundation for improvement in the Company's future performance and
that an appropriate salary increase would still leave his salary and total
compensation at levels that would compare favorably to the Comparator
Companies. They also concurred that certain of the factors impacting the
Company's 1993 results were beyond the control of Mr. Buntrock. Nevertheless,
based largely on Mr. Buntrock's request, the Compensation Committee determined
not to increase Mr. Buntrock's base compensation for the year 1994.
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INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLANS
Annual Plan
For 1994, the Compensation Committee awarded Mr. Buntrock a target Annual
Plan participation of 80% of his 1994 salary. This participation level was 30
percentage points higher than that awarded to Mr. Buntrock in prior years. The
Comparator Company data indicated that the proportion of Mr. Buntrock's total
compensation that was composed of incentive compensation was below the median
for the Comparator Companies. The Compensation Committee determined that in
light of the Long Term Plan and stock option components of Mr. Buntrock's
incentive compensation structure (discussed below), Mr. Buntrock's
participation in the Annual Plan at the higher level was appropriate in order
to enhance the intended incentive effect of such compensation and to more
closely align Mr. Buntrock's total incentive compensation with that of the
Comparator Companies. In making this decision, the Compensation Committee also
considered the report of the Company's compensation consultant, which showed
that chief executive officer bonuses actually paid by the Comparator Companies
in 1992 averaged approximately 66% of salary, with the 75th percentile being
approximately 77% of salary. The Compensation Committee also noted that, as
discussed above, no 1994 salary increase was expected for Mr. Buntrock. Based
on the Company's results for 1994, Mr. Buntrock was paid a bonus for 1994 as
set forth in the "Summary Compensation Table" above.
Long Term Plan
Under the Company's Long Term Plan, for the first performance period ending
December 31, 1996, the Compensation Committee awarded Mr. Buntrock a target
award of 50% of his salary as of the end of such period. The Compensation
Committee's selection of the 50% participation level for Mr. Buntrock reflects
the Company's compensation practices, under which incentive compensation under
the Long Term Plan, together with the Annual Plan and stock options, is to
comprise between one-half and two-thirds of total target compensation for Mr.
Buntrock. The Compensation Committee also considered the level of awards
typically made and its understanding of long term compensation awards by the
Comparator Companies. As noted above, no payment will be made to Mr. Buntrock,
if ever, until the completion of the relevant performance period and the
Company's achievement of the required performance criterion.
Stock Options
The Compensation Committee's 1994 grant of options to Mr. Buntrock under the
1992 Plan was determined by dividing three times Mr. Buntrock's base
compensation by the option exercise price, which was the fair market value of a
share of the Company's common stock as of the date of grant. In selecting this
formula, the Compensation Committee considered again the goals of maintaining
incentive compensation as a substantial portion of Mr. Buntrock's total
compensation and of making stock option grants at a level of approximately one-
half of total incentive compensation and the Company's historical stock option
grant practices. As noted above (see "Compensation of Executive Officers
Generally--Incentive Compensation Plans--Stock Options"), the Compensation
Committee extended the expiration date of certain stock options granted to Mr.
Buntrock, along with those granted to all other plan participants. from seven
years to ten years from the original grant date.
Peer Pedersen, Chairman
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
James R. Peterson
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COMPANY STOCK PERFORMANCE
The following graph and table compare the yearly percentage change in the
cumulative total returns on the Company's common stock, the Standard & Poors
500 Stock Index and the Smith Barney Solid Waste Index (in each case assuming
dividend reinvestment):
COMPARISON OF 5-YEAR CUMULATIVE RETURN
VS. S&P 500 AND SMITH BARNEY SOLID WASTE INDICES(1)
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(1) Assumes $100 invested on December 31, 1989 in Company common stock, the S&P
500 Index and the Smith Barney Solid Waste Index. Historical results are
not necessarily indicative of future performance.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
When an option is exercised by an optionee under the Employee Plans or WTI's
or Rust's stock option plans at a time when the fair market value of the
underlying stock exceeds the option exercise price, the difference is treated
as ordinary income to the optionee for income tax purposes and the company
which issued the options is entitled to a deduction equal to such amount. The
Internal Revenue Service has indicated that it will disallow such a deduction
unless the employer withholds the tax payable by the optionee by reason of such
exercise. To facilitate an optionee's purchase of
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stock upon exercise of such options and to assure itself of the deductions, the
Company, WTI and Rust have each adopted a policy of making available interest-
free loans, in an amount up to the equivalent of all applicable tax withholding
requirements, to optionees whose exercise of options results in ordinary income
to them in excess of $10,000. All such loans normally are required to be repaid
not later than April 15 in the year following the year in which such loans were
made, unless otherwise extended. The due date for such loans made in 1993 by
the Company was extended to December 31, 1994. The largest aggregate amounts of
such loans from the Company, WTI and Rust in excess of $60,000 pursuant to such
policy which were outstanding to the directors and executive officers of the
Company since January 1, 1994 were as follows: Mr. Dempsey--$108,946 and Mr.
Flynn--$176,633. Such loans have been repaid and no such loans were outstanding
as of March 15, 1995.
The Company, WTI and Rust also each makes available to optionees interest-
free loans for a period not to exceed 15 days to facilitate the exercise of
options and the sale of the underlying stock. The largest aggregate amounts of
such loans from the Company, WTI and Rust in excess of $60,000 which were
outstanding to the directors and executive officers of the Company since
January 1, 1994 were as follows: Donald A. Wallgren--$128,375. Such loan has
been repaid and is not outstanding as of March 15, 1995.
The Company has entered into an employment agreement with Phillip B. Rooney
under which Mr. Rooney will be paid a minimum annual salary of $425,000 as
President of the Company. Mr. Rooney also is eligible to receive annual bonuses
and all benefits generally available to executives of the Company. The term of
Mr. Rooney's employment under the agreement continues through August 31, 1999
and is automatically extended on each anniversary date for a period of five
years from such anniversary date unless either party gives written notice of
termination prior to the anniversary date. Upon the death or permanent
disability of Mr. Rooney, the Company will pay annually 100% of his then
current annual salary (including bonuses) for the balance of the term of the
agreement. If the Company breaches or terminates the agreement or reduces the
nature and scope of Mr. Rooney's authority and duties, it will continue to pay
him for five years unless the termination was for cause, in which case its
obligations under the agreement cease. In the event of a change in control of
the Company, Mr. Rooney may elect to terminate the agreement and receive a lump
sum payment of three times his average annual compensation (including bonuses)
over the immediately preceding five years, which amount will be increased
should an excise tax be imposed on him because of the payment. Were a change in
control of the Company to have occurred on December 31, 1994 and if Mr.
Rooney's employment with the Company were terminated as provided in the
employment agreement, it is estimated that Mr. Rooney would have been eligible
to receive $4,142,580 (assuming no increase for any excise tax). During the
term of the agreement, Mr. Rooney has agreed not to compete with the Company or
its subsidiaries.
PROPOSALS TO APPROVE INCENTIVE PLANS
The WMX Technologies, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
(the "LTIP"), and the WMX Technologies, Inc. Corporate Incentive Bonus Plan
(the "Annual Plan") are being submitted, as required by the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 ("OBRA") to stockholders for approval in order to
facilitate preserving the Company's tax deduction for compensation to be paid
pursuant to the Incentive Plans. Under OBRA, the allowable deduction for
compensation paid or accrued with respect to the Chief Executive Officer and
each of the four most highly compensated employees of a publicly held
corporation is limited to no more than $1 million per year for fiscal years
beginning on or after January 1, 1994. Certain types of compensation are
exempted from this limitation, including under certain circumstances
compensation payable solely on account of the attainment of one or more
preestablished objective performance goals if the material terms under which
such performance-based compensation is to be paid are disclosed to and approved
by
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stockholders. OBRA is a new law and is subject, together with interim
regulations relating thereto promulgated by the Department of the Treasury, to
a number of ambiguities and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that
payments made under the LTIP or the Annual Plan will be deductible for federal
income tax purposes or that the Company will continue to choose to comply with
all requirements for such deductibility of LTIP and Annual Plan payments.
PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE
WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
The Board of Directors has adopted and recommends that the stockholders
approve the LTIP, a copy of which is attached to this Proxy Statement as
Exhibit A. The terms of the LTIP are incorporated in this section by reference
as if set forth in full herein, and the description below of the LTIP is
qualified in the entirety by reference to such terms.
The LTIP was originally adopted in 1993 and adopted in its current form by
the Board of Directors in January 1995 and, as to executive officers of the
Company, is administered by the Compensation Committee. The principal purpose
of the LTIP is to advance the interests of the Company by providing long term
performance awards for officers of the Company so as to attract and retain such
officers, make their compensation competitive with other opportunities, and
cause them to strive to increase the Company's cumulative returns to its
stockholders. All officers of the Company are eligible to be selected as LTIP
participants. Participants in the LTIP who are executive officers of the
Company are selected by the Compensation Committee. Participants who are not
executive officers are selected by a management committee composed of the
Company's Chief Executive, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officers and its
General Counsel (or their designees). The LTIP provides that performance
awards, if any, are to be paid for each "Performance Period." Each Performance
Period during the term of the plan begins on a January 1 and terminates on the
December 31 of the third calendar year ending thereafter, provided that the
first Performance Period began on June 1, 1993 and ends on December 31, 1995.
For purposes of this section, the term "Committee" refers to the Compensation
Committee and such management committee, as applicable to the particular plan
participant. As of December 31, 1994, the Committee had named six officers as
participants in the LTIP.
Pursuant to the LTIP, the Committee establishes a percentage of each
participant's annual base salary as of the last day of each Performance Period
as a "target award" for that Performance Period. Each participant is eligible
for a performance award, which may be greater or less than the target award for
each Performance Period, if any, based on the percentile rank of the Company's
Total Stockholder Return (as hereinafter defined) among the "Total Stockholder
Returns" of the companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average during
such Performance Period. If the Company's Total Stockholder Return places it
below a specified minimum ranking in relation to such companies, then no award
is to be paid for the relevant performance period. Total Stockholder Return
means the cumulative return on common stock expressed as a percentage,
determined by dividing (i) the sum of (a) the cumulative amount of dividends
paid for the applicable Performance Period, assuming dividend reinvestment, and
(b) the difference between the fair market values of such common stock at the
end of and immediately prior to the Performance Period, by (ii) the fair market
value of such common stock immediately prior to the Performance Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may determine that a participant's
award will be calculated in whole or in part based on a long term incentive
plan of any subsidiary of the Company.
With respect to executive officers of the Company who the Committee
determines may have total compensation for any year in excess of the amount
specified by Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), which currently is $1 million ("Covered Officers"), the Committee
will establish each such Covered Officer's target award and the performance
goal or
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goals applicable to any Performance Period within the time period allowed
therefor by the Code and will not thereafter change them. A performance award
payable to a Covered Officer may be reduced (but not increased) by the
Committee in its sole discretion, and in any event will not exceed $4,500,000
for any Performance Period.
At the end of each Performance Period an amount equal to 50% of the
performance award, if any (the "Cash Award") becomes due and payable, and an
additional amount equal to 50% of the performance award (the "Deferred Award")
is deemed to be invested in common stock of the Company as of the end of the
Performance Period. The maximum amount of a performance award that may be
awarded to a participant with respect to any Performance Period is limited to
250% of the participant's base salary as of the last day of the Performance
Period. To date, the maximum target award established under the LTIP has been
50% of salary at the end of the relevant performance period, and the current
target award range is 30%-50% of such salary.
A participant's right to receive a Cash Award or any portion thereof for any
Performance Period does not vest until the close of business on the last day of
such Performance Period; provided that if the participant is not an officer of
the Company or one of its subsidiaries on such date, such award or any portion
thereof shall not vest unless the Committee otherwise determines, in its sole
discretion. A participant's right to receive a Deferred Award or any portion
thereof for any Performance Period does not vest until the close of business on
the date three years after the last day of such Performance Period, at which
time the participant is entitled to a cash payment in an amount equal to the
value of such deemed investment (which may be more or less than the amount of
the Deferred Award). If the participant is not an officer of the Company or one
of its subsidiaries on the date the Deferred Award would otherwise vest, then
such Deferred Award shall not vest, except as hereinafter provided, or as the
Committee otherwise determines. If the participant is not an officer of the
Company or one of its subsidiaries on such date as a result of the
participant's normal retirement at or after age 65, death or total disability,
the participant or his or her beneficiary is entitled to payment of such
Deferred Award as soon as practicable after such normal retirement, death or
total disability, in an amount equal to the value of such deemed investment as
of the last day of the month in which such normal retirement, death or total
disability occurs.
In the event of a Change in Control (as defined), (i) each Performance Period
which has not yet ended will end as of the calendar quarter coincident with or
next following the date of such Change in Control, and (ii) each unpaid Cash
Award from such Performance Periods and each unpaid Deferred Award from such
Performance Periods and from prior Performance Periods will vest as of the
close of business on the last day of each such Performance Period.
Benefits or amounts that will be received by or allocated to participants in
the LTIP are not determinable at this time because the Company's performance
during a Performance Period will not be known until the end of the period. If
the LTIP and the threshold percentile ranking applicable to the first
Performance Period for the payment of any award had been in effect for the
three-year period ended December 31, 1994, there would have been no performance
awards for such period. Certain information as to awards for the 1994-1996
performance period are described in the Long Term Incentive Plan Awards Table
set forth under "Compensation" above.
The Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee may amend the LTIP at
any time; provided that no such amendment may alter a participant's right to
receive a vested award under the LTIP.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE
LTIP. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares actually
voted (including abstentions) on the proposal is necessary to adopt the
proposal. Unless otherwise instructed, properly executed proxies which are
returned will be voted in favor of the proposal.
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PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE
WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CORPORATE INCENTIVE BONUS PLAN
The Board of Directors has adopted and recommends that the stockholders
approve the Annual Plan, a copy of which is attached to this Proxy Statement as
Exhibit B. The terms of the Annual Plan are incorporated in this section by
reference as if set forth in full herein, and the description below of the
Annual Plan is qualified in the entirety by reference to such terms. The
principal purpose of the Annual Plan is to advance the interests of the Company
by providing for annual bonuses for officers of the Company so as to attract
and retain such officers, make their compensation competitive with other
opportunities, and cause them to strive to achieve the Company's financial and
other business objectives.
The Annual Plan was adopted in its current form by the Board of Directors in
January 1995 and is similar to annual incentive bonus plans which have been in
effect for many years. The Annual Plan, as to executive officers of the
Company, is administered by the Compensation Committee. All officers of the
Company are eligible to be selected as Annual Plan participants. Participants
in the Annual Plan are selected by the Compensation Committee on an annual
basis and are limited to employees who are officers of the Company.
Participants who are not executive officers are selected by a management
committee composed of the Company's Chief Executive, Chief Operating and Chief
Financial Officers and its General Counsel (or their designees). For purposes
of this section, the term "Committee" refers to the Compensation Committee and
such management committee, as applicable to the particular plan participant.
The Annual Plan provides that participants who become eligible to participate
in the plan after the beginning of a calendar year (a "Plan Year") are entitled
to a prorated bonus.
Pursuant to the Annual Plan, the Committee establishes a percentage of each
participant's annual base salary paid for such Plan Year as a "target bonus"
for that Plan Year and selects performance goals for the participants from
among the following measurements (or any combination thereof): the Company's
revenue, earnings per share, pretax income, cash flow from operations, total
cash flow, return on equity, return on capital, return on assets, net operating
profits after taxes, economic value added, total stockholder return or return
on sales, or any individual performance objective which is measured solely in
terms of the attainment of quantitative targets. For each Plan Year, the
Committee also establishes a formula or matrix prescribing the extent to which
a participant's target bonus may be earned based upon the degree of achievement
of such performance goal or goals. The Committee may determine that the bonus
payable to any participant will be based upon the attainment of performance
goals comparable to those specified above but in whole or in part applied to
the results of a subsidiary, business unit, division or department of the
Company for which such participant has substantial management responsibility.
Except in the case of Covered Officers, the Committee may also designate any
other factor or factors to serve as performance goals. The current target bonus
range is 20%-80% of participants' base salaries for the Plan Year.
Each Covered Officer's target bonus and performance goal or goals for a Plan
Year will be established by the Committee within the time period allowed
therefor by the Code and will not thereafter be changed. A bonus award payable
to a Covered Officer may be reduced (but not increased) by the Committee in its
sole discretion, and in any event will not exceed $4,500,000 for any Plan Year.
In addition to these limitations, no bonus will be payable to the Company's
Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer if the Committee determines
that he has not established programs and systems which are adequate to further
the implementation of each of the principles of the Company's Environmental
Policy.
Payment of bonuses for any Plan Year will be made in cash as promptly as
practicable following completion of the Company's consolidated financial
statements for such Plan Year. All financial measurements which are used as
performance criteria (or as a component of such performance
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criteria) under the Annual Plan will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and will exclude the effects of changes in
accounting standards or methods and special, unusual or nonrecurring events
that would have the effect of reducing bonuses otherwise payable under the
Annual Plan.
Benefits or amounts that will be received by or allocated to participants in
the Annual Plan are not determinable until the completion of each Plan Year.
Performance awards were paid for the year ended December 31, 1994 under the
predecessor plan in effect for such period. Such awards paid to the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and each of the four other most highly
compensated executive officers of the Company serving at December 31, 1994 are
set forth in the Summary Compensation Table under "Compensation" above.
The Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee may amend the Annual
Plan at any time; provided that no such amendment may alter a participant's
right to receive a distribution as previously awarded to such participant under
the Annual Plan.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE
ANNUAL PLAN. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares
actually voted (including abstentions) on the proposal is necessary to adopt
the proposal. Unless otherwise instructed, properly executed proxies which are
returned will be voted in favor of the proposal.
VOTING OF SHARES HELD IN CERTAIN PLANS
If you are a participant in the WMX Technologies, Inc. 1988 Employee Stock
Ownership Plan, you are entitled to direct the trustees of the plan to vote the
shares credited to your individual account in accordance with your
instructions. This may be accomplished by marking and returning the instruction
form accompanying the mailing and relating to the shares in the plan credited
to your account. If you do not return such form, your shares held in the plan
will not be voted. If you are also a direct owner of shares (acquired other
than through this plan), you will receive a separate mailing containing a proxy
card relating to such shares.
If you are a participant in the WMX Technologies Dividend Reinvestment and
Stock Purchase Plan, the proxy card provided to you covers the shares held for
you by the plan and any shares held directly by you. If you do not return such
proxy card, your shares held in this plan (as well as any shares owned by you
directly) will not be voted for you. You are, therefore, urged to return the
proxy card promptly, duly signed and dated.
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Arthur Andersen LLP acted as the Company's independent auditors for the year
ended December 31, 1994 and has been selected by the Board of Directors, upon
the recommendation of its Audit Committee, to continue to act as the Company's
independent auditors in 1995. Representatives of Arthur Andersen LLP will be
present at the 1995 annual meeting of stockholders, will have the opportunity
to make a statement, if they desire to do so, and will be available to respond
to appropriate questions.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company has enclosed its Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended
December 31, 1994 with this Proxy Statement. Stockholders are referred to the
report for financial and other information about the Company, but such report
is not incorporated in this Proxy Statement and is not a part of the proxy
soliciting material.
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PROPOSALS BY STOCKHOLDERS
Any proposals by stockholders intended to be presented at the 1996 annual
meeting must be received by the Company no later than November 30, 1995 in
order to be considered by the Board of Directors for inclusion in the Company's
1996 Proxy Statement. In order for a stockholder to nominate a candidate for
director, under the Company's by-laws timely notice of the nomination must be
received by the Company in advance of the meeting. Ordinarily, such notice must
be received not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the meeting (but if
the Company gives less than 40 days' notice of the meeting, then such notice
must be received prior to the meeting and within 10 days after notice of the
meeting is mailed or other public disclosure of the meeting is made). The
stockholder filing the notice of nomination must describe various matters
regarding the nominee, including such information as name, address, occupation
and shares held.
In order for a stockholder to bring other business before a stockholder
meeting, timely notice must be received by the Company within the time limits
described above. Such notice must include a description of the proposed
business, the reasons therefor, and other specific matters. These requirements
are separate from and in addition to the requirements a stockholder must meet
to have a proposal considered for inclusion in the Company's 1996 Proxy
Statement.
In each case, the notice must be given to the Secretary of the Company, whose
address is 3003 Butterfield Road, Oak Brook, Illinois 60521. Any stockholder
desiring a copy of the Company's by-laws will be furnished one without charge
upon written request to the Secretary.
OTHER MATTERS
You are again urged to attend the annual meeting. Proxies will be solicited
by the Board of Directors through use of the mails. Proxies may also be
solicited by directors, officers and a small number of other employees of the
Company personally or by mail, telephone or otherwise, but such persons will
not be compensated for such services. Brokerage firms, banks, fiduciaries,
voting trustees or other nominees will be requested to forward the soliciting
material to the beneficial owners of stock held of record by them, and the
Company has hired Morrow & Co., Inc. to coordinate the solicitation of proxies
by and through such holders for a fee of approximately $6,500 plus expenses.
The entire cost of the Board of Directors' solicitation will be borne by the
Company.
The Board of Directors does not intend to present, and does not have any
reason to believe that others will present, any item of business at the annual
meeting other than those specifically set forth in the notice of the meeting.
However, if other matters are presented for a vote, the proxies will be voted
as to such matters in accordance with the judgment of the persons acting under
the proxies.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
/s/ Herbert A. Getz
Herbert A. Getz
Vice President and Secretary
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EXHIBIT A
WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF 1/26/95)
1. Purpose. The purpose of the WMX Technologies, Inc. Long Term Incentive
Plan (the "Plan") is to advance the interests of WMX Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company") by providing for long-term performance awards for officers of the
Company or one or more of its subsidiaries so as to attract and retain such
officers, make their compensation competitive with other opportunities, and
cause them to strive to increase the Company's cumulative returns to its
stockholders.
2. Administration. With respect to participation in the Plan by individuals
who are executive officers of the Company, the Plan shall be administered by
the Compensation and Stock Option Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Board"). The Board may in its discretion
designate the Board or another Committee thereof to administer the Plan, in
which event the Board or such other Committee shall be deemed the "Committee"
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to participation in the
Plan by individuals who are not executive officers of the Company, the Plan
shall be administered by a management committee composed of the Company's Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and General
Counsel (or one or more persons designated by them), and all references herein
to the "Committee" shall be deemed to mean such committee as to matters
involving the participation of such officers in the Plan.
3. Participants; Performance Periods; Proration of Awards.
(a) Participants in the Plan shall be selected by the Committee.
Participation shall be limited to employees who are officers of the Company or
one or more of its subsidiaries.
(b) Such officers who become participants in the Plan after June 1, 1993
shall, subject to selection and approval by the Committee, be entitled to
target and performance awards pursuant to Section 4 hereof for each Performance
Period (as hereinafter defined) determined pursuant hereto. For purposes
hereof, each "Performance Period" during the term of the Plan shall begin on a
January 1 and shall terminate on the December 31 of the third calendar year
ending thereafter; provided that the first Performance Period pursuant to the
Plan shall begin on June 1, 1993 and shall end on December 31, 1995.
(c) If an officer of the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries becomes a
participant in the Plan during any Performance Period, the participant's award
for such Performance Period shall be prorated to reflect such participant's
actual number of full months of participation. If, during any Performance
Period, a participant's job assignment is modified such that the participant's
target award (as described below) is no longer representative of the
participant's position, the participant's target award shall be adjusted,
subject to Committee approval, as of the first day of the month following the
change in position to a target award commensurate with the participant's new
position. Thereafter, the participant shall be entitled to a performance award
under the Plan prorated between the target award categories to reflect the
number of months during the Performance Period during which the participant
participated under each such category.
4. Target and Performance Awards.
(a) Subject to Section 4(d) below, the Committee shall establish a percentage
of each participant's annual base salary as of the last day of each Performance
Period as a "target award" for such Performance Period.
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(b) Each participant in the Plan shall be entitled to a performance award for
each Performance Period based on the percentile rank of the Company's Total
Stockholder Return (as hereinafter defined) among the Total Stockholder Returns
of the companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the "DJIA")
during such Performance Period. The Committee shall determine a target
percentile rank applicable to each Performance Period and shall for each
Performance Period establish percentages of target awards earned at various
percentile rankings of the Company in relation to the DJIA companies for such
Performance Period, including a percentile rank below which no portion of a
target award shall be earned. For purposes hereof, "Total Stockholder Return"
of the Company shall mean the cumulative return on its common stock, $1.00 par
value ("Common Stock"), expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing (i)
the sum of (a) the cumulative amount of dividends paid for the applicable
Performance Period, assuming dividend reinvestment, and (b) the difference
between the average of the closing sales prices of Common Stock on the last
five trading days of such Performance Period and the last five trading days
preceding the first day of such Performance Period, by (ii) the average of the
closing sales prices of Common Stock on the last five trading days preceding
the first day of such Performance Period. The "Total Stockholder Return" of any
of the companies that comprise the DJIA shall mean the cumulative return on its
common stock expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing (i) the sum of
(a) the cumulative amount of dividends paid for the applicable Performance
Period, assuming dividend reinvestment, and (b) the difference between the
closing sales price of such common stock on the last trading day of such
Performance Period and the last trading day preceding the first day of such
Performance Period, by (ii) the closing sales price of such common stock on the
last trading day preceding the first day of such Performance Period.
(c) The Committee may determine, in its sole discretion, that a participant's
award for any Performance Period shall be calculated, in whole or in part,
based upon the formula established with respect to a long term incentive plan
of any subsidiary of the Company.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, the
following provisions shall be applicable to participation in the Plan by any
individual whose total compensation for any year exceeds the amount specified
by Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if any
portion of such participant's compensation would otherwise be non-deductible by
the Company pursuant to that Section.
(i) Each such participant's target award for any Performance Period shall
be based solely on achievement of one or more of the performance goals
applicable pursuant to Section 4 (b) or (c) above.
(ii) With respect to each such participant, no bonus shall be payable
hereunder except upon written certification by the Committee that the
applicable performance goals have been satisfied to a particular extent.
(iii) The maximum bonus award payable to any such participant for any
Performance Period shall be $4,500,000.
5. Cash and Deferred Awards.
(a) Performance awards for each Performance Period shall be payable as
follows:
(i) An amount equal to 50% of the performance award (the "Cash Award")
shall be paid in cash as soon as practicable after the end of the
Performance Period; and
(ii) An amount equal to 50% of the performance award (the "Deferred
Award"), adjusted as set forth in Section 6 hereof, shall be paid in cash
as soon as practicable after the date of vesting, determined pursuant to
Section 7 hereof.
(b) Subject to Section 4(d) above, the maximum amount of a performance award
that may be awarded pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof to a participant with
respect to any Performance Period
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pursuant to this Plan shall be limited to 250% of the participant's base salary
as of the last day of the Performance Period. The Deferred Award portion of
each performance award shall be subject to adjustment as contemplated by
Section 6 hereof.
6. Deferred Award Grant and Payment. (a) An amount equal to the Deferred
Award granted to each participant pursuant hereto shall be credited to a
bookkeeping account maintained by the Company in the name of each participant
(a "Deferred Account") as of the last day of each Performance Period with
respect to which a Deferred Award is payable. Each amount so credited shall be
deemed to have been invested in shares of Common Stock as of the last trading
day of such Performance Period. During the period that any part or all of a
participant's Deferred Account is deemed to have been invested in shares of
Common Stock, such Deferred Account shall be deemed to receive all dividends
(whether in the form of stock or cash) and stock splits which would be received
with respect to such shares as if such investment had actually been made and
such amounts shall be deemed to be reinvested in shares of Common Stock as of
the date of receipt, and appropriate credit shall be made to the participant's
Deferred Account to reflect such deemed receipts and reinvestments. The
investments described above shall be deemed to have been made at a price equal
to the average of the closing sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange Composite Tape (as reported in The Wall Street Journal, Midwest
Edition), on each of the five trading days immediately preceding the date as of
which a deemed investment is made.
(b) As soon as practicable following the date of vesting of a Deferred Award
pursuant to Section 7 hereof, the shares of Common Stock deemed reflected in
each participant's Deferred Account shall be deemed to have been sold at a
price equal to the average of the closing sales prices of the Common Stock on
the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape (as reported in The Wall Street
Journal, Midwest Edition), on each of the five trading days immediately
preceding the date of such vesting, and the proceeds thereof shall be
distributed as soon as practicable to each participant or designated
beneficiary in cash.
(c) Subject to Section 8 hereof, in the event of a merger, consolidation,
exchange of shares or recapitalization of the Company, a similar event
affecting the Common Stock, or any other event determined by the Committee in
its sole discretion, the Common Stock deemed reflected by a participant's
Deferred Account may be deemed by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to be
sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of, and the Committee may make
appropriate adjustments in each participant's Deferred Account to recognize
such event, and the assumed proceeds of any such disposition may be deemed to
be reinvested in any security which the Committee in its sole discretion
determines is an appropriate replacement security, or, alternatively, paid to
the participant in cash, in the discretion of the Committee.
7. Vesting.
(a) Unless the Committee shall otherwise determine, in its sole discretion, a
participant whose employment as an officer of the Company or one of its
subsidiaries is terminated during any Performance Period shall not be entitled
to the payment of a performance award under the Plan for such Performance
Period.
(b) A participant's right to receive a Cash Award or any portion thereof for
any Performance Period shall not vest until the close of business on the last
day of such Performance Period; provided that if the participant is not an
officer of the Company or one of its subsidiaries on such date, such award or
any portion thereof shall not vest unless the Committee shall otherwise
determine, in its sole discretion.
(c) A participant's right to receive a Deferred Award or any portion thereof
for any Performance Period shall not vest until the close of business on the
date three years after the last day of such
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Performance Period; provided that if the participant is not an officer of the
Company or one of its subsidiaries on such date, then such award or any portion
thereof shall not vest, except as hereinafter provided, or as the Committee
shall otherwise determine, in its sole discretion. If the participant is not an
officer of the Company or one of its subsidiaries on such date as a result of
the participant's normal retirement at or after age 65, death or total
disability, the participant or his beneficiary designated pursuant to Section
10 hereof shall be entitled to payment of such Deferred Award as soon as
practicable after such normal retirement, death or total disability, in an
amount equal to the value of such Deferred Account as of the last day of the
month in which such normal retirement, death or total disability occurs.
8. Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control (as such term is
defined in the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time)
of the Company, (i) each Performance Period which has not yet ended shall end
as of the calendar quarter coincident with or next following the date of such
Change in Control (or such other date as established by the Committee), (ii)
each unpaid Cash Award from such Performance Periods and each unpaid Deferred
Award from such Performance Periods and from prior Performance Periods shall
vest as of the close of business on the last day of each such Performance
Period (or such other date established by the Committee), (iii) the Committee
shall cause the performance awards payable to participants to be promptly
calculated, and (iv) the Company shall pay such performance awards to
participants as promptly as practicable following the Committee's
determination, notwithstanding any Plan provision to the contrary. In
calculating the performance awards payable to participants in connection with a
Change in Control, the Committee is authorized to take into consideration and
make adjustments for such factors as it deems appropriate.
9. Participants' Interests. Although Deferred Awards payable to a participant
hereunder are measured by the value of and income derived from the investments
deemed made in Common Stock, the Company will not issue any such shares or make
any such investment on behalf of a participant. A participant's benefits
hereunder shall at all times be reflected on the Company's books as a general
unsecured and unfunded obligation of the Company and the Plan shall not give
any person any right or security interest in any asset of the Company nor shall
it imply any trust or segregation of assets by the Company.
10. Designation of Beneficiaries. A participant from time to time may name in
writing any person or persons (who may be named concurrently, contingently or
successively) to whom his or her benefits are to be paid if he or she dies
before complete payment of such benefits. Each such beneficiary designation
will revoke all prior designations by the participant with respect to the Plan,
shall not require the consent of any previously named beneficiary, shall be in
a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed with
the Committee during the participant's lifetime. If the participant fails to
designate a beneficiary before his or her death, as provided above, or if the
beneficiary designated by the participant dies before the date of the
participant's death or before complete payment of the participant's benefits,
the Company, in its discretion, may pay the remaining unpaid portion of the
participant's benefits to either (i) one or more of the participant's relatives
by blood, adoption or marriage and in such proportion as the Company
determines; or (ii) the legal representative or representatives of the estate
of the last to die of the participant and his or her designated beneficiary.
11. Facility of Payment. If a participant or his or her beneficiary is
entitled to payments under the Plan and in the Company's opinion such person
becomes in any way incapacitated so as to be unable to manage his or her
financial affairs, the Company may make payments to the participant's or
beneficiary's legal representative, or to a relative or friend of the
participant or beneficiary for such person's benefit, or the Company may make
payments for the benefits of the participant or beneficiary in any manner that
it considers advisable. Any payment made in accordance with the preceding
sentence shall be a full and complete discharge of any liability for such
payment hereunder.
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12. Non-Alienation of Benefits. All rights and benefits under the Plan are
personal to the participant and neither the Plan nor any right or interest of a
participant or any person arising under the Plan is subject to voluntary or
involuntary alienation, sale, transfer, or assignment without the Company's
consent.
13. Withholding for Taxes. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan,
the Company may withhold from any payment made by it under the Plan such amount
or amounts as may be required for purposes of complying with the tax
withholding or other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code or the Social
Security Act or any state's income tax act or for purposes of paying any
estate, inheritance or other tax attributable to any amounts payable hereunder.
14. No Employment Rights. The Plan is not a contract of employment and
participation in the Plan will not cause any participant to have any rights to
continue as an employee of the Company (or any affiliated entity), or any right
or claim to any benefit under the Plan, unless the right or claim has
specifically vested under the Plan.
15. Committee or Company Determinations Final. Each determination provided
for in the Plan shall be made by the Committee or the Company, as the case may
be, under such procedures as may from time to time be prescribed by the
Committee or the Company and shall be made in the absolute discretion of the
Committee or the Company, as the case may be. Any such determination shall be
conclusive.
16. Amendment or Termination. The Committee may in its sole discretion
terminate or amend the Plan from time to time. No such termination or amendment
shall alter a participant's right to receive a vested award under the Plan.
17. Successors. Unless otherwise agreed to, the Plan is binding on and will
inure to the benefit of any successor to the Company, whether by way of merger,
consolidation, purchase or otherwise.
18. Controlling Law. The Plan shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of Illinois.
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EXHIBIT B
WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CORPORATE INCENTIVE BONUS PLAN
1. Purpose. The principal purpose of the WMX Technologies, Inc. Corporate
Incentive Bonus Plan (the "Plan") is to advance the interests of WMX
Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") and its subsidiaries by providing for annual
bonuses for corporate officers who are designated as participants in the Plan
in the manner hereinafter provided, so as to attract and retain such officers,
make their compensation competitive with other opportunities and provide them
with an incentive to strive to achieve the Company's financial and other
business objectives.
2. Administration. With respect to participation in the Plan by individuals
who are executive officers of the Company, the Plan shall be administered by
the Compensation and Stock Option Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Board"). The Board may in its discretion
designate the Board or a committee other than the Committee to administer the
Plan, in which event the Board or such other committee shall be deemed the
"Committee" hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to
participation in the Plan by individuals who are not executive officers of the
Company, the Plan shall be administered by a management committee composed of
the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial
Officer and General Counsel (or one or more persons designated by them), and
all references herein to the "Committee" shall be deemed to mean such committee
as to matters involving the participation in the Plan of such individuals who
are not such executive officers.
3. Eligibility
(a) Participants in the Plan shall be selected by the Committee on an annual
basis from among the officers of the Company and its subsidiaries.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, individuals who become eligible to
participate in the Plan after the beginning of a calendar year (a "Plan Year")
shall, subject to selection and approval by the Committee, be entitled to a
bonus prorated to reflect such participant's number of months of participation
during the Plan Year.
(c) A participant whose employment terminates during the Plan Year shall not
be entitled to the payment of a bonus under the Plan, except as the Committee
may otherwise determine in its sole discretion.
4. Bonuses. (a) Each participant in the Plan shall be eligible to receive
such bonus, if any, for each Plan Year as may be payable pursuant to the
performance criteria described below. Except as provided in Section 8 below,
the Committee shall, on an annual basis, establish a "target bonus" for each
participant equal to a percentage of such participant's annual base salary as
of the last day of such Plan Year, and the maximum amount of a target bonus
that may be awarded to a participant for a Plan Year shall be 200% thereof.
(b) Participants shall have their bonuses, if any, determined on the basis of
the degree of achievement of performance goals which shall be established by
the Committee in writing and which goals shall be stated in terms of the
attainment of specified levels of or percentage changes (as compared to a prior
measurement period or the current year's budget) in any one or more of the
following measurements: the Company's revenue, earnings per share of common
stock (the "Common Stock"), pretax income, cash flow from operations, total
cash flow, return on equity, return on capital, return on assets, net operating
profits after taxes, economic value added, total stockholder
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return or return on sales, or any individual performance objective which is
measured solely in terms of the attainment of quantitative targets related to
the Company's business, or any combination thereof. The Committee shall for
each Plan Year establish the performance goal or goals from among the foregoing
to apply to each participant and a formula or matrix prescribing the extent to
which such participant's target bonus shall be earned based upon the degree of
achievement of such performance goal or goals. Except as provided in Section 8
below, the Committee may also designate any other factor or factors to serve as
performance goals. The Committee may determine that the bonus payable to any
participant shall be based upon the attainment of performance goals comparable
to those specified above but in whole or in part applied to the results of a
subsidiary, business unit, division or department of the Company for which such
participant has substantial management responsibility.
(c) Except as provided in Section 8 below, a participant whose target bonus
or performance goals are changed by the Committee during the Plan Year to
reflect a change in responsibilities or otherwise shall have his or her bonus
award, if any, based on the amount of base salary earned and the performance
goals applicable while in each target bonus category during the Plan Year.
(d) The earnings per share of the Company's Common Stock for any year shall
be as determined by the Company's independent public accountants on a primary,
rather than fully-diluted, basis, and all other financial measurements which
are used as the performance goals set forth in this Section 4 (or as a
component of such performance goals) shall be determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, excluding as to both such earnings
and other measurements the effects of changes in accounting standards or
methods and special, unusual or nonrecurring events.
(e) Except as provided in Section 7 below, the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, (i) award or increase the amount of bonuses payable to one or more
participants even though not earned in accordance with the performance goals
established pursuant to this Section 4, or (ii) decrease the amount of bonuses
otherwise payable to one or more participants even though earned in accordance
with the performance goals established pursuant to this Section 4. No bonus
shall be payable in any event to the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating
Officer of the Company if the Committee determines that he has not established
programs and systems which are adequate to further the implementation of each
of the Principles in the WMX Technologies, Inc. Environmental Policy.
5. Payment. Subject to Section 6 below, payment of bonuses for any Plan Year
shall be made in cash as promptly as practicable after the end of such Plan
Year.
6. Deferral. In accordance with procedures to be established by the
Committee, a participant in the Plan may elect to defer payment of all or any
portion of a bonus award which may be earned under the Plan for a Plan Year.
Amounts so deferred shall be credited by the Company to a bookkeeping account
for the participant and shall be deemed to be invested, pursuant to elections
made by the participant from time to time, in accordance with procedures to be
established by the Committee, in shares of the Company's Common Stock or such
other investment vehicles as the Committee may authorize from time to time for
this purpose. The Committee shall also have the authority on an annual basis at
the time it selects participants for any Plan Year to condition such selection
upon receipt of an agreement from one or more participants, containing such
terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate, to defer in the manner
herein specified, as a deemed investment in shares of the Company's Common
Stock, payment of all or a portion of any bonus award which may be earned under
the Plan. Subject to such conditions and limitations as the Committee may
approve, amounts deferred pursuant to this Section 6 shall be paid upon
termination of the participant's employment by reason of retirement, death or
permanent disability or otherwise, either in a lump sum or in installments as
determined by the Company.
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7. Participation by Certain Officers. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
the Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall be applicable to
participation in the Plan by any individual whose total compensation for any
Plan Year exceeds the amount specified by Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if any portion of such participant's
compensation would otherwise be non-deductible by the Company pursuant to that
Section.
(a) Each such participant's target bonus under this Plan for such Plan Year
shall be based solely on achievement of one or more of the performance goals as
established by the Committee pursuant to Section 4 above.
(b) With respect to each such participant, no bonus shall be payable
hereunder except upon written certification by the Committee that the
performance goals have been satisfied to a particular extent and that any other
material terms and conditions precedent to payment of a bonus pursuant to the
Plan have been satisfied.
(c) The maximum bonus award payable to any such participant for any Plan Year
shall be $4,500,000.
8. Adjustments for Changes in Stock, Mergers, Etc. In the event of dividends
payable in Common Stock or in the case of the subdivision or combination of
Common Stock, appropriate revision shall be made in any earnings per share
criteria established by the Committee pursuant to Section 4 above. In the event
of a Change in Control (as such term is defined in the Company's 1992 Stock
Option Plan, as amended from time to time) of the Company (i) the Plan Year
shall end as of the end of the calendar quarter coincident with or next
following the date of such Change in Control (or such other date as established
by the Committee), (ii) the Committee shall cause any bonus awards payable to
participants to be promptly calculated and (iii) the Company shall pay such
bonus awards to participants as promptly as practicable following the
Committee's determination, notwithstanding any other Plan provision to the
contrary. In calculating the bonuses payable to participants in connection with
a Change in Control, the Committee is authorized to take into consideration
such factors as the shortened Plan Year, and any other equitable adjustments to
the formulae or matrices established by the Committee pursuant to Section 4 as
it deems appropriate.
9. Participant's Interests. A participant's interest in any bonus awards
hereunder (including any payment deferred as contemplated by Section 6 hereof)
shall at all times be reflected on the Company's books as a general unsecured
and unfunded obligation of the Company subject to the terms and conditions of
the Plan. The Plan shall not give any person any right or security interest in
any asset of the Company or any fund in which any deferred payment is deemed
invested. Neither the Company, the Board nor the Committee shall be responsible
for the adequacy of the general assets of the Company to discharge the payment
of its obligations hereunder nor shall the Company be required to reserve or
set aside funds therefor.
10. Non-Alienation of Benefits; Beneficiary Designation. All rights and
benefits under the Plan are personal to the participant and neither the Plan
nor any right or interest of a participant or any other person arising under
the Plan is subject to voluntary or involuntary alienation, sale, transfer, or
assignment without the Company's consent. Subject to the foregoing, the Company
shall establish such procedures as it deems necessary for a participant to
designate one or more beneficiaries to whom any bonus payment the Committee
determines to make and any deferred amounts would be payable in the event of
the participant's death.
11. Withholding for Taxes. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan,
the Company may withhold from any payment made by it under the Plan such amount
or amounts as may be required for purposes of complying with the tax
withholding or other provisions of the Code or the Social Security Act or any
state's income tax act or for purposes of paying any estate, inheritance or
other tax attributable to any amounts payable hereunder.
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12. No Employment Rights. Nothing contained in the Plan shall confer upon any
participant any right to be continued in the employ of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries to terminate a participant's employment at any time.
13. Gender and Number. Where the context admits, words denoting men include
women, the plural includes the singular, and the singular includes the plural.
14. Committee or Company Determinations Final. Each determination provided
for in the Plan shall be made by the Committee or the Company, as the case may
be, under such procedures as may from time to time be prescribed by the
Committee or the Company and shall be made in the sole discretion of the
Committee or the Company, as the case may be. Any such determination shall be
conclusive.
15. Amendment or Termination. The Committee may in its sole discretion
terminate or amend the Plan from time to time. No such termination or amendment
shall alter a participant's right to receive a distribution as previously
awarded or a deferred payment owed to such participant, as to which this Plan
shall remain in effect following its termination until all such amounts have
been paid, except as the Committee may otherwise determine.
16. Successors. The Plan is binding on and will inure to the benefit of any
successor to the Company, whether by way of merger, consolidation, purchase or
otherwise.
17. Controlling Law. The Plan shall be construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of Illinois.
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LOGO
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WMX Technologies, Inc.
3003 Butterfield Road
Phone 708.572.8800
Oak Brook, IL 60521
1988 EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
March 29, 1995
Dear Plan Participant:
As a participant in the WMX Technologies, Inc. 1988 Employee Stock Ownership
Plan, you may direct the trustees of the Plan to vote in accordance with your
instructions the shares of common stock of WMX Technologies, Inc. credited to
your individual account. Enclosed for your information in this regard is a copy
of the Notice of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for May 12, 1995
and the Proxy Statement relating to that meeting together with a voting
instruction form.
The voting instruction form should be returned in the enclosed pre-addressed,
postage prepaid envelope to Harris Trust and Savings Bank. Instructions to vote
shares credited to all participants' accounts will be tabulated and the results
of the total tabulation forwarded to the trustees. The trustees, in turn, will
vote accordingly at the Annual Meeting. If your voting instruction form does
not indicate a preference or your instruction form is not received by Harris
Trust and Savings Bank by May 10, 1995, your shares will not be voted.
Your vote is important, and your cooperation is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Trustees of the 1988 Employee
Stock Ownership Plan
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PROXY PROXY
LOGO
WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 12, 1995
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Dean L. Buntrock, Peter H. Huizenga and Peer Pedersen, each with power of
substitution, are hereby authorized to vote all shares of common stock of WMX
Technologies, Inc. which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if
personally present at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of WMX Technologies,
Inc., to be held on Friday, May 12, 1995, and at any adjournment thereof, as
designated below, and in their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote
upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
A MAJORITY (OR IF ONLY ONE, THEN THAT ONE) OF THE ABOVE PERSONS OR THEIR
SUBSTITUTES WHO SHALL BE PRESENT AND ACTING AT THE MEETING SHALL HAVE THE
POWERS CONFERRED HEREBY.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
(Continued and to be signed on reverse side.)
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WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PLEASE MARK VOTE IN OVAL IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER USING DARK INK ONLY. [x]
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 3.
1. Election of Class I Directors--
Nominees: H. Jesse Arnelle, Jerry E. Dempsey, Dr. James B. Edwards, Alexander
B. Trowbridge.
For Withheld For All
[_] [_] [_]
(Except Nominee(s) written below)
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2. Approval of the WMX Technologies, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan.
For Against Abstain
[_] [_] [_]
3. Approval of the WMX Technologies, Inc. Corporate Incentive Bonus Plan.
For Against Abstain
[_] [_] [_]
4. In their discretion, on such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Dated: _____________________________________________________________ , 1995
Signature(s)____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
SIGNATURE OF STOCKHOLDER(S)--PLEASE SIGN NAME EXACTLY AS IMPRINTED (DO NOT
PRINT). PLEASE INDICATE ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS. NOTE: EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS,
TRUSTEES AND OTHERS SIGNING IN A REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY SHOULD INDICATE THE CA-
PACITY IN WHICH THEY SIGN. IF SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY, EACH HOLDER SHOULD
SIGN.
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VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM
LOGO
WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
1988 EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 12, 1995
The undersigned hereby instructs the trustees of the WMX Technologies, Inc.
1988 Employee Stock Ownership Plan to vote, by proxy or in person, at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of WMX Technologies, Inc. to be held on Friday,
May 12, 1995, and at any adjournments thereof, the shares of common stock of
WMX Technologies, Inc. allocated to the undersigned's account in such Plan on
March 22, 1995, as designated below, and in their discretion, the trustees are
authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the
meeting.
IF THIS VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM, REQUESTED BY THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO A
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY, IS PROPERLY
EXECUTED AND RECEIVED BY HARRIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ON OR BEFORE MAY 10, 1995,
THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THE UNDERSIGNED'S ACCOUNT IN THE WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
1988 EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN ON MARCH 22, 1995 WILL BE VOTED IN THE
MANNER INSTRUCTED HEREIN. IF NO INSTRUCTION IS MADE OR THIS FORM IS NOT
RECEIVED BY HARRIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ON OR BEFORE MAY 10, 1995, THE SHARES
WILL NOT BE VOTED.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THIS FORM PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
(Continued and to be signed on reverse side.)
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WMX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PLEASE MARK VOTE IN OVAL IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER USING DARK INK ONLY. [x]
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 3.
1. Election of Class I Directors--
Nominees: H. Jesse Arnelle, Jerry E. Dempsey, Dr. James B. Edwards, Alexander
B. Trowbridge.
For Withheld For All
[_] [_] [_]
(Except Nominee(s) written below)
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2. Approval of the WMX Technologies, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan.
For Against Abstain
[_] [_] [_]
3. Approval of the WMX Technologies, Inc. Corporate Incentive Bonus Plan.
For Against Abstain
[_] [_] [_]
4. In their discretion, on such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Dated: _____________________________________________________________ , 1995
Signature(s)____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
SIGNATURE OF STOCKHOLDER(S)--PLEASE SIGN NAME EXACTLY AS IMPRINTED (DO NOT
PRINT). PLEASE INDICATE ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS. NOTE: YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR IN-
STRUCTION TO VOTE SHARES ALLOCATED TO YOUR ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
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